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'''Zalqintili''' (meaning ''language of the people'') is a {{wp|Turkic languages|Turkic language}} native to [[Maqtajer]], in southwestern [[Sythith]]. It is spoken by the majority of Maqtajeri people and by ethnic Maqtajeris in neighbouring [[Kuwazavkavan]]. | '''Zalqintili''' (meaning ''language of the people'') is a {{wp|Turkic languages|Turkic language}} native to [[Maqtajer]], in southwestern [[Sythith]]. It is spoken by the majority of Maqtajeri people and by ethnic Maqtajeris in neighbouring [[Kuwazavkavan]]. | ||
==Literature== | |||
Zalqintili vernacular literature includes an extensive body of poetry written in the language since the mid-first millennium AD. The ninth-century collection ''The Thirty Nights'' offers a romantic poem for each phase of the moon (which phases formed the basis for the ancient Maqtajeri calendar). The ''Lay of the Waters'', attributed to the tenth-century poet Rustam a-Paşmi, is a collection of odes to each of the rivers of Maqtajer and has been described as "the most beautiful writing in all Zalqintili." | |||
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Revision as of 17:19, 2 April 2019
| Zalqintili | |
|---|---|
| Native to |  MaqtajerKuwazavkavan |
Native speakers | approx. 23 million (2015) |
| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zlq |
| Glottolog | None |
Zalqintili (meaning language of the people) is a Turkic language native to Maqtajer, in southwestern Sythith. It is spoken by the majority of Maqtajeri people and by ethnic Maqtajeris in neighbouring Kuwazavkavan.
Literature
Zalqintili vernacular literature includes an extensive body of poetry written in the language since the mid-first millennium AD. The ninth-century collection The Thirty Nights offers a romantic poem for each phase of the moon (which phases formed the basis for the ancient Maqtajeri calendar). The Lay of the Waters, attributed to the tenth-century poet Rustam a-Paşmi, is a collection of odes to each of the rivers of Maqtajer and has been described as "the most beautiful writing in all Zalqintili."