Qashqai language
- Qashqai language
language
name=Qashqai
nativename=Qaşqaycə; Qaşqay dili
states=Iran
region=Fars
speakers=1,500,000
familycolor=Altaic
fam2=Turkic
fam3=Oghuz
fam4=Azerbaijani
iso2=tut|iso3=qxq|notice=nonotice|
Map showing locations of Azerbaijani and related languages: North Azerbaijani (blue), South Azerbaijani (red), Salchuq (green), Qashqa'i (brown), Afshari (purple)Qashqai (also spelled Ghashghai, Ghashghayi, Qashqa'i, and Qashqayi) is a Turkic language spoken by the
Qashqai , an ethnic group living mainly in theFars region ofIran . Estimates of the number of Qashqai speakers vary,Ethnologue gives a figure of one and a half million. The Qashqai language is closely related to Azerbaijani, and some linguists consider it to be a dialect of that language.Like South Azerbaijani in Iran, Qashqai uses the Persian modification of the
Arabic alphabet . The Qashqai also speak Persian, and use it as their literary language.References
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=qxq Ethnologue entry for Qashqa'i]
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