Khalaj language
E813235
The Khalaj language is a highly conservative Turkic language spoken in central Iran, notable for preserving many archaic features lost in other Turkic languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khalaj language canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Turkic language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| contactLanguage |
Azerbaijani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | limited descriptive grammars and dictionaries ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Khalaj people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Turkic language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | khal1273 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Central Khalaj
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Khalaj NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Khalaj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic (via Persian)
ⓘ
Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStressPattern | word-final stress (tendential) ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | no widely used standard orthography ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Persian phonology
ⓘ
Persian syntax ⓘ Persian vocabulary ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | klj ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Iranian linguistic area ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | Turkic > Common Turkic > Arghu ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
highly conservative phonology
ⓘ
importance for reconstruction of Proto-Turkic ⓘ preservation of archaic Turkic features lost in most other branches ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakersEstimate | several tens of thousands ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
rich vowel inventory
ⓘ
vowel harmony (partially preserved) ⓘ |
| preservesFeature |
archaic Turkic lexicon
ⓘ
contrast between long and short vowels ⓘ final consonants lost in many other Turkic languages ⓘ initial *h- from Proto-Turkic ⓘ three-way vowel length distinction in some analyses ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | distinct from Azerbaijani ⓘ |
| region | central Iran ⓘ |
| researchedBy |
Gerhard Doerfer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lars Johanson NERFINISHED ⓘ various Turkologists ⓘ |
| scriptUsed | Perso-Arabic script (non-standard, occasional) ⓘ |
| sometimesMisclassifiedAs | Azerbaijani dialect ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Isfahan Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Markazi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Qom Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subgroup | Arghu branch of Turkic ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| youngerGenerationShift | Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.