Khorasani Turkish
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A language of Iran
Alternate Names
Quchani, West Khorasani Turkic, West Xorasan Turkic, Xorasan, Xorasan Turkic
Autonym
خراسان تركچىسى (Xorasan Türkçesi)
User Population
936,000 (2019).
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).
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. Grammar.
Muslim.