Qashqai Language Information
Qashqai (also spelled Ghashghai, Ghashghayi, Qashqa'i, and Qashqayi) is a Turkic language spoken by the Qashqai people, an ethnic group living mainly in the Fars region of Iran. Estimates of the number of Qashqai speakers vary. Ethnologue gives a figure of one and a half million.[1] The Qashqai language is closely related to Azerbaijani, and some linguists consider it to be a dialect of that language.
Like South Azerbaijani language in Iran, Qashqai uses the Persian modification of the Arabic alphabet. The Qashqai also speak Persian, and use it as their literary language.
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- ^ Ethnologue report
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