Hazaragi
| Hazāragī | |
|---|---|
| هزارگی | |
 | |
| Native to | Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan |
Native speakers | 1.8[1] to over 2.2 million[2] |
| Persian alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | haz |
Hazaragi (Persian: هزارگی) spoken by the Hazara people in south Asia.
Classification
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Charles M. Kieffer, "HAZĀRA iv. Hazāragi dialect," Encyclopedia Iranica Online Edition, December 15, 2003, available at [1]
- ↑ Ethnologue: Hazaragi Language