Qashqai
Qashqay, Kashkai, Kashkay, Qashqayi
??????, Qa?q?y?
Qashqai Turkish nomad in a camp
Native to	Iran
Region	Fars , Isfahan , Bushehr , Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari , Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad , Khuzestan
Ethnicity	Qashqai
Native speakers	1.6?2.5 million (2015) [1] [2]
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Oghuz Southern Oghuz Qashqai
Writing system	Persian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qxq
Glottolog	qash1240
Linguasphere	Part of 44-AAB-a
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Qashqai (??????, also spelled Qa?qay , Qashqayi , Kashkai , Kashkay , Qa?q??? ^{[3] [4]} and Qashqa'i or Ka?kay ) is an Oghuz Turkic group of people living mainly in the Fars Province of Southern Iran .

Language [ change | change source ]

Their language is regarded as an independent third group of dialects within the Southwestern Turkic language group by the Encyclopædia Iranica . ^[5] It is known to speakers as Turki . ^[6] Estimates of the number of Qashqai speakers vary between 1.6?2.5 million. ^{[1] [2]}

Origin [ change | change source ]

The Qashqai are thought to trace its origins to the Bronze Age tribe Kashka/Kaska (also Ka?ka or Kaskian ) of the Ancient Near East . ^[7]

References [ change | change source ]

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