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Major and Minor Turkic Language Islands in Iran with a Special Focus on Khalaj
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2022
Abstract
This contribution offers a presentation of Turkic languages in Iran with special focus on Khalaj, a non-Oghuzic language spoken in the Markazī province. Attention is paid to features induced by contact with Iranian languages in particular with regard to the anaphoric pronominal stem bilä-, necessity constructions and the multifunctionality of ki/ke, providing new data on Khalaj and offering significant insights for further research.
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- Type
- Turkic language islands and language contact with Turkic languages
- Information
- Iranian Studies , Volume 53 , Issue 3-4: Commemorating Ehsan Yarshater Endangered Iranian Languages: Language Contact and Language Islands in Iran , August 2020 , pp. 573 - 588
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- Copyright © Association For Iranian Studies, Inc 2020
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