Khalaj
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Turkic language of western Iran
Key facts
- Native to
- Iran
- Region
- Distributed throughout a number of villages in the Markazi Province from Qom to Ashtian and Tafresh
- Ethnicity
- Khalaj
- Native speakers
- 19,000 (2018)
- Language family
- Turkic Common Turkic Arghu Khalaj
- Early form
- Arghu
- Dialects
- Talx-āb Xarrāb Dāγān
- Iso 639 3
- klj
- Glottolog
- turk1303
- Elp
- Khalaj
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
Turkic Database at Elegant Lexicon
A searchable database of lexical items in the Turkic languages
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Encyclopedic overview
Khalaj is a Turkic language spoken in Iran. Although it contains many old Turkic elements, it has become widely Persianized. Khalaj has about 150 words of uncertain origin.
Surveys have found that most young Khalaj parents do not pass the language on to their children; only 5% of families teach their children the language.
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