Achomi

Also known as Khodmoni, Lari, Larestani, Achomi language, Kilari

Iranian language spoken in the south of Iran

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Native to: Iran United Arab Emirates Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia
Region: Irahistan (Parts of Fars , Hormozgan , Bushehr , Kerman )
Ethnicity: Achum ( Ajam )
Native speakers: 120,000 (2021)
Language family: Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Southwestern Old Persian Middle Persian Larestani
Early form: Middle Persian (Pahlavi)
Dialects: Lari Khouri Evazi Khonji Gerashi Kurdehi Ashkanani Lengeyi Ashnezi Ruydari Aheli Bandari (Bander Abbas)
Writing system: Persian alphabet
Iso 639 3: lrl
Glottolog: lari1253
Elp: Lari

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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 100000

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Achomi (Persian: اچُمی), also known as Larestani, is a Southwestern Iranian language derived from Middle Persian (Parsig) and spoken by the Achomi people in southern Fars and western Hormozgan and by significant numbers of Ajam citizens in the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and other neighbouring countries.

It is the predominant language of Khur, Gerash, Larestan, Lamerd, Khonj, and Evaz counties in Fars and Bastak County and Ruydar in Hormozgan province.