Khalaj language (Iranic)
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Khalaj or Hallaj is an Iranian dialect
spoken by some Kurdish communities in northwestern Iran
and Republic of Azerbaijan. The name of Hallaj is derived from mystic figure Mansur Al-Hallaj
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As of 2000 there were about 42000 people in Iran speaking Khalaj as their mother tongue.
This Iranic Khalaj, should not be confused with the Turkic
Khalaj
spoken in Iran and Afghanistan
.
Iranian languages
The Iranian languages form a subfamily of the Indo-Iranian languages which in turn is a subgroup of Indo-European language family. They have been and are spoken by Iranian peoples....
spoken by some Kurdish communities in northwestern Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and Republic of Azerbaijan. The name of Hallaj is derived from mystic figure Mansur Al-Hallaj
Mansur Al-Hallaj
Mansur al-Hallaj was a Persian mystic, revolutionary writer and pious teacher of Sufism most famous for his poetry, accusation of heresy and for his execution at the orders of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtadir after a long, drawn-out investigation.-Early life:Al-Hallaj was born around 858 in Fars...
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As of 2000 there were about 42000 people in Iran speaking Khalaj as their mother tongue.
This Iranic Khalaj, should not be confused with the Turkic
Turkic languages
The Turkic languages constitute a language family of at least thirty five languages, spoken by Turkic peoples across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family.Turkic languages are spoken...
Khalaj
Khalaj language
Khalaj is a Turkic language spoken in Iran.It is a member of the Azerbaijani subgroup of the Oghuz languages.There were approximately 42,000 speakers of this language as of 2000...
spoken in Iran and Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
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