(documentation AimaqLanguage EnglishLanguage "The AimaqLanguage is a PersianLanguage of Afghanistan. SIL code: AIQ. ISO 639-2: ira. Population: 480,000 in Afghanistan (1993) including 1,000 Jamshidi (1978 MARC). Population total all countries: 800,000 (1980 Dupree). Region: West of the Hazara, central northwest Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Tajikistan (Jamshidi and Khazara). Also spoken in Iran, Tajikistan. Alternate names: BARBARI, BERBERI, CHAHAR-AIMAQ, CHAR AIMAQ. Dialects: TAIMURI (TEIMURI, TIMURI, TAIMOURI), TAIMANI, ZOHRI (ZURI), JAMSHIDI (JAMSHEDI, DJAMCHIDI, YEMCHIDI, DZHEMSHID), FIROZKOHI, MALIKI, MIZMAST, CHINGHIZI, ZAINAL. Comments: Dialect names listed are as much or more ethnic names. Dari Persian dialects with some Turkic and Mongolian elements, possibly quite distinct. 'Barbari' and 'Berberi' are also applied to Hazara people in and around Mashad, Iran. Investigation needed: intelligibility with related varieties. Literacy rate in second language: 5% to 15%. Agriculturalists, pastoralists. Hanafi Sunni Muslim. Also spoken in: Iran. (Language name: AIMAQ.) Population: 170,000 (1993 Johnstone). Dialects: TEIMURI (TEIMURTASH).(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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