Abduyi dialect

Abduyi
عبدویی
Native toIran
Native speakers
(undated figure of ca. 600)
Official status
Regulated byAcademy of Persian Language and Literature
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone

The Abduyi dialect (Kurdish: عبدویی, UniPers: Abduyi) is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in the village of Abdui, which can be reached from Kazerun city in Southern Iran via the old Shiraz-Kazerun road after 36 kilometers. The number of households in the village was approximately 120 in 2004. Most researchers identify the dialect as Kurdish.