Qashqai

E79003

Qashqai is a Turkic language variety spoken primarily by the Qashqai people in southwestern Iran, closely related to Azerbaijani.

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Qashqai canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Oghuz language
Turkic language
language variety
closelyRelatedTo Azerbaijani language
Turkish language
Turkmen language
coexistsWith Persian language in Iran
countryOfUse Iran
hasAlternativeName Qashqai Turkic
linked to: Southwestern Turkic

Qashqai Turkish
Qashqa’i
linked to: Qashqai people

Qašqāʾī
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasEthnicAssociation Qashqai confederation
Turkic peoples
hasGlottocode qash1242
hasGlottologName Qashqa’i
linked to: Turkmens
hasISO6393Code qxq
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature vowel harmony
hasPrimaryFunction interethnic communication within Qashqai tribes
hasSpeakerCommunityType tribal confederation
hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
influencedBy Arabic language
linked to: Arabic

Persian language
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable
isMinorityLanguageIn Iran
isMutuallyIntelligibleToSomeDegreeWith Azerbaijani language
languageBranch Oghuz
languageFamily Turkic
linked to: Turkic languages
regionOfUse Zagros Mountains
sharesLexiconWith Azerbaijani language
Persian language
Turkish language
spokenBy Qashqai people
spokenIn Bushehr Province
Fars Province
Iran
Khuzestan Province
linked to: Khuzestan

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province
Southwestern Iran
linked to: Fars
subclassOf Oghuz branch of Turkic languages
Western Oghuz languages
usedIn folk music
oral tradition
pastoral nomadic life
usesScript Arabic script
Persian alphabet

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