ISO 639-3 · lkilki
Indo-European family
Laki
Laki is a language of the Northwestern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Iran and Iraq. Wikidata counts about 1.5 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Iranian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lki- Glottocode
laki1244- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 41 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
5levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Laki |
|---|---|
| Also called | Laki language, Lekî |
| All speakers | 1,500,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Laki
The branches above Laki, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Iran
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafepesIranian PersianIndo-European · 52.8 m1 · NationalpusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeacmMesopotamian ArabicAfroasiatic · 15.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationazbSouth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalpbtSouthern PashtoIndo-European · 10.9 m1 · NationaltukTurkmenTurkic · 7 m1 · National