Alternate Names: Torki
Dialects: Afshari (Afsar, Afshar), Aynallu (Inallu, Inanlu), Baharlu (Kamesh), Bayat, Karapapakh, Moqaddam, Nafar, Pishagchi, Qajar, Qaragozlu, Shahsavani (Shahseven), Tabriz. A member of macrolanguage Azerbaijani ,.
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Demographics: 15,500,000 in Iran (2010). Population total all countries: 16,913,280. Ethnic population: 18,700,000. L2 users: Used as L2 in Northwestern Iran.
Language Use: Vigorous. All ages. Also use Iranian Persian [pes]. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Armenian [hye], Iranian Persian [pes].
Language Development: Fully developed.
Writing System: Arabic
Nation of Origin: Iran
Other Comments: Muslim (Shi’a).