Laki language
| Laki | |
|---|---|
| Kurdish: لەکی, Lekî | |
| Native to | Iran |
| Region | Provinces of Hamadan, Ilam, Lorestan and Kermanshah in Iran, and scatteredly elsewhere in Iran |
| Ethnicity | Kurds (Lak tribe), Hasanvand |
Native speakers | 680,000 (2021) |
| Perso-Arabic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lki |
| Glottolog | laki1244 |
| Linguasphere | 58-AAC-aac |
Laki (Laki: لهکی, Kurdish: لهکی, romanized: Lekî, Persian: لکی) is a language variety that consists of two major sub-varieties: Pish-e Kuh Laki and Posht-e Kuh Laki. Laki is considered a Kurdish dialect by many linguists and is spoken chiefly in the area between Khorramabad and Kermanshah in Iran by about 680,000 native speakers.