Qashqai language
TURKIC LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY THE QASHQAI PEOPLE, AN ETHNIC GROUP LIVING MAINLY IN THE FARS REGION OF IRAN
Qashqa'i language; Qashqay language; Kashkai language; Ghashghai language; Kashgai language; ISO 639:qxq; QXQ; Kashkay language; Qashqa' language; Qaşqay dili; Qašqāʾī; Ghashghayi; Qashqayi; Qashqayi language; Qašqāʾī language; Ghashghayi language; Qxq
Qashqai (قشقایی ديلى, also spelled Qaşqay, Qashqayi, Kashkai, Kashkay, Qašqāʾī, by Michael Knüppel, by Gerhard Doerfer and Qashqa'i or Kaşkay) is an Oghuz Turkic language spoken by the Qashqai people, an ethnic group living mainly in the Fars Province of Southern Iran. Encyclopædia Iranica regards Qashqai as an independent third group of dialects within the Southwestern Turkic language group.