Update on Luri: How many languages?

@article{Anonby2002UpdateOL,
  title={Update on Luri: How many languages?},
  author={Erik Anonby},
  journal={Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society},
  year={2002},
  volume={13},
  pages={171 - 197}
}
  • Erik Anonby
  • Published 29 September 2002
  • Linguistics
  • Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Abstract Luri is an Indo-Iranian language cluster with over four million speakers. The Luri ethnic area is found in southwestern Iran and southeastern Iraq, although smaller numbers of speakers have emigrated to elsewhere in Asia and a number of cities in the West. 
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