Qashqai: writing

01Scripts

• ISO 15924 Arab · Right to left

  ا ب پ تPersian alphabet

  32 letters. Short vowels are not written in ordinary text.

02Alphabet chart: Persian alphabet

Letters: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters for fa.

• 32 letters. Short vowels are not written in ordinary text.
• Persian uses its own digit shapes (CLDR numbering system arabext), different from Arabic digits for 4, 5 and 6.
• Nasta’liq is the traditional calligraphic style; Naskh is the usual print style.

Sources Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified; The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified

03Numerals

04Orthography and standards

No official orthography body is recorded for Qashqai yet.

Sources ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. (2025) To verify; ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. (2025) Verified; Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified

05Keyboards and typing

Windows

Settings, Time and language, Language and region: add the language, then its keyboard. Switch with Windows key and Space.

macOS

System Settings, Keyboard, Text Input: edit Input Sources and add the keyboard. Switch from the menu bar.

Android

In the keyboard app’s settings (Gboard: Languages), add the language and choose its layout.

iPhone and iPad

Settings, General, Keyboard, Keyboards: add the keyboard. Switch with the globe key.

Linux

In the desktop settings (GNOME: Keyboard, Input Sources), add the layout.

Which layouts each system ships for each language changes with every release. Check the list on your device; layouts we have confirmed are named on the language’s page.

06Fonts

On this platform the language is shown with Vazirmatn. Every face is self-hosted under an open licence.

07Sources

1. Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. 2026

   Verified Unicode License v3 Exemplar characters and default numbering systems, read 2026-10-23.

2. The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. 2026

   Verified Unicode License v3 Character names, code points and block ranges.

3. ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. 2025

   Verified

4. ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. 2025

   To verify Codes cross-checked through Glottolog records; the code tables themselves were not read.

08Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

1. sifollahaslani/qashqai-voice–mltilingual: QashqAI Voice – Initial Public Release

   sifollahaslani · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

   SoftwareOpenAlexDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY

2. Consuming traditional Qashqai dress in 21st century Iran: Space, place, and connectedness

   Zahra Falsafi · 2024 · Iowa State University

   ThesisCrossrefOpenAIRE

3. Haplodrassus qashqai Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik 2021

   Alireza Zamani, Farhad A. Khudhur, Yuri M. Marusik · 2024 · Zenodo

   ArticleDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC0-1.0

4. qashqai rug

   2021 · Fairchild Books

   OtherOpenAlexCrossref

5. Infant-carrying mechanisms in a natural environment: the case of Qashqai nomad.

   Anvari Z, Berillon G, D’Août K et al. · 2024 · Evol Hum Sci

   ArticleEurope PMCDOAJOpen access

6. Haplodrassus qashqai Zamani & Chatzaki & Esyunin & Marusik 2021, sp. nov.

   Alireza Zamani, Maria Chatzaki, Sergei L. Esyunin et al. · 2021 · Zenodo

   ArticleDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC0-1.0

7. A Bibliography Essay on Qashqai Turks

   Umut Başar · 2020 · Türkiyat Mecmuası

   ArticleDOAJOpen access

8. QashqAI: Ethical AI Framework for Endangered Languages

   Siefollah Aslani · 2026 · Zenodo

   ReportDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

9. Musik der Qashqai – mit besonderer Berücksichtigung rezenter Entwicklungen

   Arghavan Atbaibaki · 2023

   ArticleOpenAIRE

10. Qashqai Traditional Dress: An Oral History Project

    Zahra Falsafi, Kelly L. Reddy-Best · 2024 · Iowa State University Digital Press

    BookOpenAlexCrossrefOpen accessCC-BY-NC-ND

11. Research in types of weave techniques Qashqai woven

    Mohammad Afrough, Fathali ghashghaeifr · 2018 · Dānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

12. Nazim design of Qashqai Carpet in the process of changing lifestyle Qashqai nomads from migration to settlement case study : nazim design of carpet producing Cheshmeh Rahman and Golafshan camps

    Mohammad Afrough · 2020 · Dānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

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