Qashqai dialect

found: Ethnologue, via www, Aug. 18, 2015(Kashkay; alternate names: Kashkai, Qashqa'i, Qashqay; Reportedly similar to Azerbaijani; spoken in Iran: Southwest, mainly Fars Province; Bushehr, Esfahan, Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari, and Hormozgan provinces; some possible in Kohgiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad Province; Shiraz, Gachsaran, and Firuzabad are centers)

found: Encyclopædia Iranica(article: Azeri Turkish: We may distinguish the following Azeri dialects ... (10) Qašqāʼī (Gerhard Doerfer))

found: Wikipedia, via www, Aug. 18, 2015(Qashqai language (also spelled Ghashghai, Ghashghayi, Qašqāʾī, Qashqa'i, and Qashqayi) is a dialect of Azerbaijani or Western Oghuz Turkic language spoken by the Qashqai people, an ethnic group living mainly in the Fars region of Iran. It is known to speakers as Turki. Estimates of the number of Qashqai speakers vary. Ethnologue gives a figure of 1.5 million. The Qashqai language is closely related to Azerbaijani, and some linguists consider it to be a dialect of that language)