KMZ ISO 639-3
Khorasani Turkish
خراسان تركچىسى (Xorasan Türkçesi) Autonym
A language of Iran
- ISO 639
- kmz
- Alternate Names
- Quchani, West Khorasani Turkic, West Xorasan Turkic, Xorasan, Xorasan Turkic
- Autonym
- خراسان تركچىسى (Xorasan Türkçesi)
- Population
- 936,000 (2019).
- Location:
- Northeast, North Khorasan Province, northwest of Mashhad; Bojnurd area (West Quchani, Quchan area (North or Northeast Quchani, probably largest), Soltanabad area near Sabzevar (South Quchani).
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Turkic, Southern, Turkish
- 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. Different from Khorasani, a local Persian dialect in Khorasan.
- Language Use
- Also use Iranian Persian [pes].
- Language Development
- Radio. Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Khorasani Turkish
- Writing
- Arabic script, Nastaliq variant [Aran].
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Northeast, North Khorasan Province, northwest of Mashhad; Bojnurd area (West Quchani, Quchan area (North or Northeast Quchani, probably largest), Soltanabad area near Sabzevar (South Quchani).
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