Khorasani Turkish
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A language of Iran
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Quchani
Population
400,000 (1977 G. Doerfer).
Location
Northeast, Khorasan-e Shemali Province, northwest of Mashhad; west dialect in Bojnurd area, north in Quchan area (probably largest), south in Soltanabad area near Sabzevar.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
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 programs.
Language Resources
Writing
Arabic script, Nastaliq variant [Aran].
Muslim.