Khorasani Turkish
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A language of Iran
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Quchani, West Khorasani Turkic, West Xorasan Turkic, Xorasan, Xorasan Turkic
Population
886,000 (2014 J. Leclerc).
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
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.
Language Resources
Writing
Arabic script, Nastaliq variant [Aran].
Muslim.