A Dictionary of the Bakthiari Language of Iran

• Thematic framework: Endangered Languages
• Geographical outreach: Local
• Types of project: Research and Analysis
  
  
• Beneficiary country: Iran
  
  
• Main responsible
  Mohsen FARSANI 
  23, rue Voltaire
  93 Le Blanc Mesnil
  France
  

Summary of the activities:
The goal of this project is to document Southern Bakhtiari (Nomade of Iran), focusing on the endangered dialect of Luri.

Bakhtiari has received very little attention in Iranian studies so far: the project aims at the collection of primary data (audio and video recordings of a wide range of communicative events) through the involvement of the community in the documentation practice.

All recordings will be transcribed and translated, and at least 15% of texts will be annotated in detail.

Documentation will include a sketch grammar and an electronic lexicon of about 5,000 entries, with English and Farsi as target languages.

Main partners
University of Sorbonne Nouvelle
Purdue University Tagore Society
Purdue University Diversity Resource