In this article we are going to address the topic of Qashqai language, a topic that has generated interest and debate in contemporary society. Qashqai language has been the object of study, reflection and controversy, and its impact has been felt in various areas, from the personal to the global level. Throughout this article, we will explore the different aspects related to Qashqai language, from its origin and evolution to its relevance in today's world. We will also analyze the various opinions and positions that exist around Qashqai language, as well as the implications it has on people's lives and society in general. Through an interdisciplinary approach, this article seeks to provide a comprehensive and in-depth vision of Qashqai language, with the aim of contributing to the understanding and reflection on this topic that is so relevant today.
Qashqai | |
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Qashqay, Kashkai, Kashkay, Qashqayi | |
قشقايی ديلى, Qašqāyī dili | |
Native to | Iran |
Region | Fars, Isfahan, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Khuzestan |
Ethnicity | 2.0 million Qashqai (2021) |
Native speakers | 1.0 million (2021) |
Turkic
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Persian alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | qxq |
Glottolog | qash1240 |
Linguasphere | Part of 44-AAB-a |
Qashqai (قشقایی ديلى, Qašqāyī dili, pronounced in English as /ˈkæʃkaɪ/ KASH-ky, and also spelled Qaşqay, Qashqayi, Kashkai, Kashkay, Qašqāʾī and Qashqa'i or Kaşkay) is an Oghuz Turkic language spoken by the Qashqai people, an ethnic group living mainly in the Fars Province of Southern Iran. Encyclopædia Iranica regards Qashqai as an independent third group of dialects within the Southwestern Turkic language group. It is known to speakers as Turki. Estimates of the number of Qashqai speakers vary. Ethnologue gave a figure of 1.0 million in 2021.
The Qashqai language is closely related to Azerbaijani. However, some Qashqai varieties namely the variety spoken in the Sheshbeyli tribe share features with Turkish. In a sociopolitical sense, though, Qashqai is considered a language in its own right.
Like other Turkic languages spoken in Iran, such as the Azerbaijani language, Qashqai uses a modified version of the Perso-Arabic script.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | q | (ʔ) |
voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | |||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | χ | h | |
voiced | v ~ |
z | (ʒ) | ʁ | |||
Approximant | l | j | |||||
Trill | r |
Front | Back | |||
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Close | i | y | ɯ | u |
Mid | e | o | ||
(ɛ) | œ | |||
Open | æ | ɑ | (ɒ) |
Qashqai follows common Turkic syntax features: dependent marking, head-final within unmarked phrases, free word order with SOV preferred, agglutinative.