Khorasani Turkic | |
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خراسان تركچیسی, Xorasan Türkçesi | |
Native to | Iran |
Region | North Khorasan[1] |
Ethnicity | Khorasani Turks |
Native speakers | 400,000–900,000 (2015–2019)[2][1] |
Persian alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kmz |
Glottolog | khor1269 |
Khorasani Turkic is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Khorasani Turkic or Khorasani Turkish is an Oghuz Turkic language spoken in the North Khorasan Province and the Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran. Nearly all Khorasani Turkic speakers are also bilingual in Persian.[1]