Global InformationKuhmareyi language information
| Kuhmareyi | |
|---|---|
| Southwestern Fars | |
| Native to | Iran |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2012)[1] |
Language family | Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | fay |
| Glottolog | sout2645 |
Kuhmareyi is one of the languages of southwestern Fars. It is a cluster of disparate dialects; the one illustrated here is the Davani dialect (Davani: devani;[2] Persian: دوانی, transliteration: Davāni) of the village of Davan, 12 kilometers north of Kazerun city in southern Iran. Davani had an estimated 1,000 speakers in 2004.[3]
- ^ Kuhmareyi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Encyclopedia Iranica article on Davani Archived 2009-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Salami, A., 1383 AP / 2004 AD. Ganjineye guyeššenâsiye Fârs (The treasury of the dialectology of Fars). First Volume, The academy of Persian language and literature. [1] Archived 2007-07-23 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 964-7531-32-X (in Persian)