| LC control no. | sh2015002029 |
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| Topical heading | Qashqai dialect |
| Variant(s) | Ghashghai dialect Ghashghayi dialect Kashkai dialect Kashkay dialect Kaşkay dialect Qashqay dialect Qashqayi dialect Qašqāʼī dialect Turki dialect |
| See also | Azerbaijani language Iran--Languages |
| Found in | Work cat: 2015421413: Mardānī Raḥīmī, A.A. Qāşqāyī sözlügü, 2007. Ethnologue, via www, Aug. 18, 2015 (Kashkay; alternate names: Kashkai, Qashqa'i, Qashqay; Reportedly similar to Azerbaijani; spoken in Iran: Southwest, mainly Fars Province; Bushehr, Esfahan, Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari, and Hormozgan provinces; some possible in Kohgiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad Province; Shiraz, Gachsaran, and Firuzabad are centers) Encyclopædia Iranica (article: Azeri Turkish: We may distinguish the following Azeri dialects ... (10) Qašqāʼī (Gerhard Doerfer)) Wikipedia, via www, Aug. 18, 2015 (Qashqai language (also spelled Ghashghai, Ghashghayi, Qašqāʼī, Qashqa'i, and Qashqayi) is a dialect of Azerbaijani or Western Oghuz Turkic language spoken by the Qashqai people, an ethnic group living mainly in the Fars region of Iran. It is known to speakers as Turki. Estimates of the number of Qashqai speakers vary. Ethnologue gives a figure of 1.5 million. The Qashqai language is closely related to Azerbaijani, and some linguists consider it to be a dialect of that language) Kaşkay Türkçesi metinleri, 2014 |
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