Chaharmahali Turkic (چهارمحال تۆرکیسی Çəharməhal Türkîsi/چهارمحالی تۆرکی Çəharməhali Türkî) is a proposed Oghuz Turkic variety spoken in Iran's Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province and in western Isfahan province, where it is described as "Esfahan Province Turkic" by linguists. It is an understudied and generally unclassified variety of Oghuz Turkic distinct from Azerbaijani and Qashqai, being closer to the latter. Chaharmahali Turkic is not to be confused with "Charmahali Persian," (fa) a Persian dialect spoken in the same region.
Language Distribution The Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI) published a point-based and polygon language distribution map of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province and several linguistic data maps.Anonby, Erik, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali, et al. (eds.). 2015–2017. Atlas of the Languages of Iran. Ottawa: Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University. Online address: http://iranatlas.net (retrieved September 26, 2021).]Anonby, Erik, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali, et al. (eds.). 2015–2017. Atlas of the Languages of Iran: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari language map. Ottawa: Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University. Online address: (September 26, 2021).Anonby, Erik, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali, et al. (eds.). 2015–2017. Atlas of the Languages of Iran: Languages of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province, Iran. Ottawa: Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University. Online address: (retrieved September 26, 2021)
See also Qizilbash Azerbaijani language Qashqai language
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