Qashqai

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

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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 Southwestern Turkic
surface form: Qashqai Turkic

Qashqai Turkish
Qashqai people
surface form: Qashqa’i

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

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

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

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Oghuz hasDescendant Qashqai
Azərilər relatedEthnicity Qashqai