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        <tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Qashqai,Kashkai,Qashqay


<b>Description:</b>

 
Qashqai (also spelled Ghashghai, Ghashghayi, Qashqa'i, and Qashqayi) is a Turkic language spoken by the Qashqai, 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. The Qashqai language is closely related to Azerbaijani, and some linguists consider it to be a dialect of that language.
Like South Azerbaijani in Iran, Qashqai uses the Persian modification of the Arabic alphabet. The Qashqai also speak Persian, and use it as their literary language.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=845111 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
        <tr><td><h2>Location of Qashqa'i Language Speakers</h2>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/iran Iran]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/asia Asia] 
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>qxq</td></tr>

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      <tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Altaic Group]]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Turkic Group]]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Southern Turkic Group]]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Azerbaijani Group]]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>[[Qashqa'i Language]]</b>

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