[3][6] This language is spoken mainly by the Bakhtiari and the Northern and Southern Lurs (Lorestan, Ilam, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Mamasani, Sepidan, Bandar Ganaveh, Bandar Deylam)[7] in Iran.

[3][9] It belongs to the Persid or Southern Zagros group, and is lexically similar to modern Persian, differing mainly in phonology.

The sole typical Lori feature not known in early New Persian or derivable from it is the inchoative marker (see below), though even this is found in Judeo-Persian texts".

Nowadays, many ancient Iranian language characteristics are preserved and can be observed in Luri grammar and vocabulary.

According to diverse regional and socio-ecological conditions and due to longtime social interrelations with adjacent ethnic groups especially Kurds and Persians, different dialects of Luri, despite mainly common characteristics, have significant differences.