The main languages spoken in
Ilam are Kurdish, Luri, Laki and Persian. Kurdish comprise the major density of population in the capital of
Ilam province.
The population of
Ilam City is predominantly Feyli Kurdish. The absolute majority of the residents in the southern part of the province (
Abdanan, Darreshahr,
Badreh,
Dehloran and
Mehran) are Kurds and speak Kurdish.
A distinct
Dialect among local Kurds is the Laki sub-
Dialect, which belongs to the Gurani
Dialect.
There are also some tribes of Lurs (absolute minority) who live mostly in the southern and eastern parts of the province.
So, in the southern part of the province, the main ethnicities are Kurds, Laki and Lurs respectively. The north is mostly inhabited by Kurdish tribes who speak two dialects: Kalhuri and Feyli.
The majority are Feyli, such as those of Khezel, Arkawâzi,
...see more Beyrey (Ali Sherwan), Malek shahi and Shuhan.
Reference: wikipedia.org
