ایران تورکلری 1997 ایلینه قدر

Azerbaijani

[aze] A macrolanguage.  Population total all countries: 19,147,529.  More information.

Azerbaijani, South

[azb] 11,200,000 in Iran (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001), increasing. 290,000 Afshar, 5,000 Aynallu, 7,500 Baharlu, 1,000 Moqaddam, 3,500 Nafar 1,000 Pishagchi, 3,000 Qajar, 2,000 Qaragozlu, 130,000 Shahsavani (1993). Population total all countries: 12,612,660. East and West Azerbaijan, Ardebil, Zanjan, and part of Markazi provinces. districts of Tehran; Fars Province and scattered. Also in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Turkey (Asia), United States. Alternate names: Torki.  Dialects: Aynallu (Inallu, Inanlu), Karapapakh, Tabriz, Afshari (Afshar, Afsar), Shahsavani (Shahseven), Moqaddam, Baharlu (Kamesh), Nafar, Qaragozlu, Pishagchi, Bayat, Qajar. Bakhtiari [bqi] is on a dialect continuum between Northern Luri [lrc] and Southern Luri [luz]. Farsi dialects in Chaharmahâl va Bakhtiari Province mutually intelligible with Bakhtiari. Similar to Kumzari [zum]. Lexical similarity: 75% with Southern Luri (Mamasani), 86% with Southern Luri (Boyerahmadi), 73% with Northern Luri (rural), 78% with Northern Luri (Khorramabadi), 76% with Western Farsi [pes].  Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani  More information.

Kashkay

[qxq] 1,500,000 (1997). Southwest Iran, Fars and South Kohgiluyeh va Boyerahmad Province. Shiraz, Gachsaran, and Firuzabad are centers. Alternate names: Kashkai, Qashqai, Qashqa’I, Qashqay.  Dialects: Similar to Azerbaijani [azb].  Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani  More information.

Kazakh

[kaz] 3,000 in Iran (1982). Mazanderan Province, Gorgan City. Alternate names: Gazaqi, Kazak, Kazakhi.  Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Western, Aralo-Caspian  More information.

Khalaj

[kjf] 42,100 in Iran (2000 WCD).  Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern  More information.

Khalaj, Turkic

[klj] 42,100 (2000 WCD). Central Province, northeast of Arak. Alternate names: Khalaj.  Dialects: Not a dialect of Azerbaijani [azb], as previously supposed. An independent language distinct from other extant Turkish languages (Doerfer et al 1971).  Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani  More information.

Khorasani Turkish

[kmz] 400,000 (1977 G. Doerfer). Northeast Iran, north Khorasan Province, northwest of Mashhad. West dialect in Bojnurd region; north in Quchan region (probably largest), south around Soltanabad near Sabzevar. Alternate names: Quchani.  Dialects: West Quchani (Northwest Quchani), North Quchani (Northeast Quchani), South Quchani. Midway linguistically between Azerbaijani and Turkmen [tuk], but not a dialect of either. The Oghuz-Uzbek dialect of Uzbek, Northern [uzn] in Uzbekistan is reportedly a dialect.  Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Turkish  More information.