Language and ethnicity The city is populated by different
Kurdish tribes including the Osmanvand and the Jalalvand who speak
Laki Kurdish. The Kurds of Harsin have their own subdialect of
Laki known either "Harsini" or "Kermanshahi Laki", a vernacular between
Xwarini and
Laki Proper.
Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 51,562 in 12,001 households. The following census in 2011 counted 49,967 people in 13,700 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 44,146 people in 12,814 households. == References ==