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Khalaj, also known as Arghu, is a divergent Turkic language spoken in Iran and Azerbaijan. ''Ethnologue'' and ISO list an Iranian language "Khalaj" with the same population, but ''Glottolog'' lists it as spurious. The ''International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, Volume 3'' by Williamm J. Frawley lists it as an Iranian language as well, and mentions furthermore that, apart from being spoken in both Iran and Azerbaijan, that it is related to Kurdish and Talysh. ==Classification== Khalaj has traditionally been classified with Azerbaijani dialects, primarily because of its proximity to them. However, it is not a dialect of Azerbaijani, as previously supposed. Further, features such as preservation of three vowel lengths, preservation of word-initial Proto-Turkic *''h'', and lack of the sound change *''d'' → ''y'' has led to a non-Oghuz classification of Khalaj. An example of these archaisms is present in the word ''hadaq'' ("foot"), which has preserved the initial *''h'' and medial *''d''. The equivalent form in nearby Oghuz dialects is ''ayaq''. Therefore, it is an independent language that became distinct very early from other extant Turkic languages.〔Doerfer 1971〕〔() 〕 Because of the preservation of these archaic features, some scholars have speculated that the Khalaj are the descendants of the Arghu Turks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khalaj language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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