> >Hello,
> >Does anyone on the list have any information about the Kasgian
> >language group of Northern Anatolia? I can't find anything on the
> >web. I see from Mallory and Adams (EIEC) that it was a non-IE
> >language family that is not well documented.
>
> As far as I know, it's not documented at all.
Do they have any connection with Qashqai in Iran, for whom is claimed
that they are of Turkish origin?
I found this:
"The Qashqai are one of tribes of migratory herders in Iran. Not really a
tribe
exactly but rather a tribal confederation of people sharing closely related
dialects
and ethnic identity. The Qashqai are primarily descended from Turkoman
or Azeri/{Ersari} tribes. They speak a language that is in the Southern
Azeri/{Ersari}
language family. Some suggest Qashqai is a separate language but I do not
think
that can be supported. I am pleased to see that the Ethnologue in the most
recent
edition changed its classification to agree with me. ..."
Milos Bogdanovic