Khalaj Turkish
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Khalaj Turkish is a highly archaic Turkic language spoken by a small community in central Iran, notable for preserving many features lost in other Turkic languages.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Turkic language
ⓘ
archaic language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Khalaj
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khalaj Turkic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Oghuz–Khalaj subgroup in some classifications ⓘ |
| classificationIssue | sometimes misclassified as an Oghuz dialect ⓘ |
| contactLanguage | Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| documentation | limited but significant descriptive work ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Khalaj people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | klj ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | descends from early Oghuz-type Turkic varieties ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Turkic ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language in Iran ⓘ |
| lexicalBorrowingFrom | Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Iranian linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ |
| neighborLanguage |
Azerbaijani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Tati (Iranian language) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | preserving many features lost in other Turkic languages ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | small community ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
conservative vowel system
ⓘ
retention of word-initial *h in some items ⓘ |
| preservesFeature |
archaic lexicon of Proto-Turkic origin
ⓘ
consonant distinctions lost in many other Turkic languages ⓘ three-way vowel length distinction in some analyses ⓘ vowel length contrasts inherited from Proto-Turkic ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | distinct Turkic language ⓘ |
| region |
Markazi Province
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ⓘ
Qom Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
historical linguistics of Turkic
ⓘ
reconstruction of Proto-Turkic ⓘ |
| speakerCommunitySize | several thousand speakers (approximate) ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Oghuz branch of Turkic languages ⓘ |
| syntax | subject–object–verb word order ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | language shift to Persian ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
lack of grammatical gender
ⓘ
rich system of verbal suffixes ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
occasionally written in Persian script
ⓘ
primarily unwritten ⓘ |
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