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[edit] Iranic-speaking areas

I'm sorry but Gilaki, Mazandarani, Talysh and Kurdish are not Oghuz languages. The map oddly shows vast areas populated by Iranic speakers as Turkic. West Azarbajan province of Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan, Hasaka province of Syria (also refered to as Syrian Kurdistan), southeastern Anatolia, as well as northeastern borders of Iran in Khurasan (with expetion of tiny enclave of Khurasani Turks) all speak Iranic languages. Asoyrun 14:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Compare this map:

I'm sorry to have to revert the map, but I feel that it was necessary, given that the map is of the Oghuz languages, and is not intended to only show where Oghuz languages are primarily spoken. If, for example, one were to go to SE Turkey or W. Azarbaijan, one would encounter Turkic speakers. They may not be in the majority, but they exist. The map is intended to show the widest extent of these languages. Likewise, a map showing Persian languages would cover part of the area where Turkic languages are spoken, as there are mixed regions. Straughn 17:19, 25 March 2007 (UTC)