ISO 639-3 · kljklj
Turkic family
Khalaj
Khalaj is a language of the Common Turkic languages branch (Turkic), spoken in Iran. Wikidata counts about 53,900 speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Turkic language of western Iran”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
klj- Glottocode
turk1303- Family
- Turkic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 36 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Khalaj |
|---|---|
| Also called | Turkic Khalaj, Arghu, Khalaj language |
| All speakers | 53,900 (2019) |
| Grammatical cases | 1 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Turkic to Khalaj
The branches above Khalaj, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Iran
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafepesIranian PersianIndo-European · 52.8 m1 · NationalpusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafekurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafeacmMesopotamian ArabicAfroasiatic · 15.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationazbSouth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkmrKurmanjiIndo-European · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · National