Hazaragi

Hazāragī
Hazāragī
هزارگی‎
Native to	Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan
Native speakers	1.8 to over 2.2 million
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Iranian Persian Hazāragī; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Persian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	haz

Hazaragi (Persian: هزارگی) spoken by the Hazara people in south Asia.

Classification

Hazaragi is a language which is related to Turkish, mongolian and Indo-European languages. It is easily distinguishable from other turkic and mongolic languages spoken in different countries in South Asia. Hazaragi contains some Turkic and Mongolic words.

Spoken area

Hazaragi is spoken by the Hazara people of central Afghanistan as well as by a large refugee population found in northeastern Iran and in parts of Pakistan, such as Quetta.

Related pages

References

↑ Charles M. Kieffer, "HAZĀRA iv. Hazāragi dialect," Encyclopedia Iranica Online Edition, December 15, 2003, available at [1]
↑ Ethnologue: Hazaragi Language

[iranicaonline.org-1] Charles M. Kieffer, "HAZĀRA iv. Hazāragi dialect," Encyclopedia Iranica Online Edition, December 15, 2003, available at [1]

[Ethnologue:_Hazaragi_Language-2] Ethnologue: Hazaragi Language

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