Khorasani Turkish
PrintA language of Iran
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Quchani
Population
400,000 (1977 G. Doerfer).
Location
Northeast, north Khorasan Province, northwest of Mashhad. West dialect in Bojnurd area; north in Quchan aera (probably largest), south in Soltanabad area near Sabzevar.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
North Quchani (Northeast Quchani), South Quchani, West Quchani (Northwest 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 Farsi [pes].
Language Development
Radio programs.
Language Resources
Muslim.