Khalaj people
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The Khalaj people are a Turkic people
that speak the Khalaj language
which is thought to be one of the closest languages to old Turkic language.
Turkic peoples
The Turkic peoples are peoples residing in northern, central and western Asia, southern Siberia and northwestern China and parts of eastern Europe. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family. They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds...
that speak the Khalaj language
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...
which is thought to be one of the closest languages to old Turkic language.