Kalhori

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Kalhori is a major dialect of Southern Kurdish spoken primarily in western Iran, particularly in parts of Kermanshah and Ilam provinces.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kalhori canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Southern Kurdish dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Ilami Kurdish ⓘ
linked to: Kurdish language

Kermanshahi Kurdish ⓘ
linked to: Southern Kurdish
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kalhorī dialect ⓘ
Kalhuri ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature SOV word order ⓘ
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions ⓘ
rich system of verb inflection ⓘ
use of enclitic pronouns ⓘ
vowel length distinctions ⓘ
hasStatus regional minority dialect in Iran ⓘ
influencedBy Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language

neighboring Kurdish dialects ⓘ
languageBranch Western Iranian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
languageGroup Kurdish languages ⓘ
linked to: Kurdish language
partOf Southern Kurdish dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Southern Kurdish
spokenBy Kalhor Kurds ⓘ
linked to: Kurds
spokenIn Iran ⓘ
spokenInProvince Ilam Province ⓘ
Kermanshah Province ⓘ
spokenInRegion western Iran ⓘ
subdivisionOf Southern Kurdish ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Kurdish → hasDialect → Kalhori ⓘ