Borujerdi dialect
{{Short description|Luri dialect of Lorestan, Iran}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Borujerdi dialect
|nativename=
|states=Iran
|region=Central Zagros
|speakers=ca. 0.8 million
|date=no date
|ref={{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
|familycolor = Indo-European
|fam2=Indo-Iranian
|fam3=Iranian
|fam4=Western Iranian
|fam5=Southwestern Iranian
|fam6=Luri
|fam7=Northern Luri
|isoexception=dialect
|glotto=boru1243
|glottorefname=Borujerdi
}}
The Borujerdi dialect (Persian: گویش بروجردی) is a dialect of Luri language spoken in Borujerd city and its surrounding areas in the province of Lorestan in Iran. Borujerdi is more similar to Northern Luri than the Persian language,{{cite web |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/lori-language-ii |title=LORI LANGUAGE ii. Sociolinguistic Status of Lori |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |publisher=iranica |accessdate=8 February 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lrc |title=Luri, Northern |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |publisher=Ethnologue, Languages Of the World |accessdate=8 February 2013}} spoken in other parts of Lorestan, being in some aspects completely different.
Linguistic dependency
Ethnologue and Linguist List introduce Borujerdi as a Northern Luri dialect.{{Cite web| url = http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/get-language-by-country.cfm?country=116| title = Language by Country| access-date = 10 September 2014| date = 10 September 2014| publisher = Linguist List| archive-url = https://archive.today/20140910102525/http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/get-language-by-country.cfm?country=116| archive-date = 10 September 2014| url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|url =http://www.ethnologue.com/language/lrc|title =Luri, Northern|access-date =21 September 2014|publisher =Ethnologue|archive-url =https://archive.today/20140209170736/http://www.ethnologue.com/language/lrc|archive-date =9 February 2014|url-status =live}} Encyclopædia Iranica mentions Borujerd as one of the as one of the important centers of North Luri dialects.{{cite web |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/lori-language-ii |title=LORI LANGUAGE ii. Sociolinguistic Status of Lori |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |publisher=iranica |accessdate=8 February 2013}} Dehkhoda Dictionary considers the language of Borujerd County's inhabitants as Persian Luri.{{Cite web|url =http://www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-42b8a517023842fca35ccf97dd42c365-fa.html|title=بروجرد |publisher=لغتنامه دهخدا |date=18 November 2012|access-date =1 February 2013 |archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20130518233941/http://www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-42b8a517023842fca35ccf97dd42c365-fa.html |archivedate =18 May 2013|lang=fa}}