| Korouni | |
|---|---|
| کرونی | |
| Native to | Iran |
| Language family | Indo-European |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Academy of Persian Language and Literature |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Korouni (Kurdish: کرونی) is a Southern Kurdish dialect of Fars and Kurdistan. Koruni is a Kurdish tribe of Kurdistan and Fars. Most of the tribe was transplanted from Kurdistan to Fars by Karim Khan Zand during the 1760s.
The speakers of Korouni live in scattered pockets in Southern Iranian Fars province around Shiraz, Sepidan and Kazerun. The succeeding information is about the dialect spoken around the latter two cities.
See also
References
- ^ Kuruni in Iranica
- Salami, A., 1385 AP / 2006 AD. Ganjineye guyeššenâsiye Fârs (The treasury of the dialectology of Fars). Third Volume, The academy of Persian language and literature. Archived 2010-09-26 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 964-7531-54-0 (in Persian)