Qashqai: linguistics

01Pronunciation

Each letter with its usual sound.

Persian alphabet

Sound values are a teaching guide for the standard language, labelled to verify. Dialects differ. To verify

Sources Wikimedia Commons: pronunciation recordings, each under its own open licence. (2026) To verify

02Core words compared

Ten everyday words across the languages of the region.

Persian, Kurdish, Zazaki and Balochi are Iranian languages, and many of their core words are related. Azerbaijani is Turkic and Armenian is its own branch of Indo-European, so their words differ. To verify

Sources Steingass. A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. Routledge and K. Paul. Digital edition: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago. (1892) Verified; Chyet. Kurdish-English Dictionary. Yale University Press. (2003) To verify; Wahby and Edmonds. A Kurdish-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. (1966) To verify; Paul. Zazaki: Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie. Reichert. (1998) To verify; Jahani and Korn. Balochi. In Windfuhr (ed.), The Iranian Languages. (2009) To verify; Johanson and Csató (eds.). The Turkic Languages. Routledge. (1998) To verify; Dum-Tragut. Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. John Benjamins. (2009) To verify

03Sources

1. Steingass. A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. Routledge and K. Paul. Digital edition: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago. 1892

   Verified Public domain. The digital edition was reachable on 2026-10-23.

2. Chyet. Kurdish-English Dictionary. Yale University Press. 2003

   To verify

3. Wahby and Edmonds. A Kurdish-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. 1966

   To verify

4. Paul. Zazaki: Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie. Reichert. 1998

   To verify

5. Jahani and Korn. Balochi. In Windfuhr (ed.), The Iranian Languages. 2009

   To verify

6. Johanson and Csató (eds.). The Turkic Languages. Routledge. 1998

   To verify

7. Dum-Tragut. Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. John Benjamins. 2009

   To verify

04Research 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)

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

   Zahra Falsafi · 2024 · Iowa State University

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

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

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4. qashqai rug

   2021 · Fairchild Books

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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

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

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

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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

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9. Musik der Qashqai – mit besonderer Berücksichtigung rezenter Entwicklungen

   Arghavan Atbaibaki · 2023

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10. Qashqai Traditional Dress: An Oral History Project

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

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11. Research in types of weave techniques Qashqai woven

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

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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

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