The authors are outstanding scholars engaged in the study of language varieties spoken
in'convergence areas' in which speakers are multilingual in languages of at least two but …

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 …

For the varieties of Turkic spoken all over western and central Iran (including some pockets
in eastern Iran) and their close relatives in Azerbaijan, eastern Anatolia and Iraq no fully …

The Turkic varieties of Iran are closely related, except offshoots of Turkmen spoken in
northeastern Iran near the border of Turkmenistan, and the central Khalaj, which has …

Several contributions to the present volume discuss the profound impact of Persian upon
Turkic varieties spoken in Iran. The aim of my paper is to de scribe some contact-induced …

Most studies on language contact in Iran have focused on the effects of Persian on the
country's minority languages. There are also many cases where large regional languages …

The Turcophone populations of Iraq call themselves Turkman, and their language
Turkmanja. 1 The Turkman and their language Turkmanja, or Iraq-Turkic, must be …

The so-called Kashkay (Qašqā'ī) language comprises Turkic varieties spoken in the
Kashkay confederation in the southwestern part of Iran. The territory of this confederation is …

This paper investigates effects of language contact on a previously undocumented variety of
Turkic (Southern West Oghuz) spoken by sedentarized nomads in the city of Boldaji, Chahar …

This study presents a brief overview of the Central Khalaj dialect of Khalaj, a Turkic
language spoken in Central Iran with preserved archaic features and limited social usage …