Persian dialect of the Aimaq people of northwest Afghanistan
Aimaq
گویش ایماقی
Aimaqi written in the Perso-Arabic script in Nastaliq style.
Native to
Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan
Ethnicity
Aimaq
Native speakers
1.9 million (2017–2019)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
Western Iranian
Southwestern Iranian
Persian
Aimaq
Writing system
Persian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
aiq
Glottolog
aima1241
Aimaq or Aimaqi (Persian: ایماقی, romanized: Aimāqi) is the dominant eastern Persian ethnolect spoken by the Aimaq people in central northwest Afghanistan (west of the Hazarajat) and eastern Iran. It is close to the Dari varieties of Persian.[2] The Aimaq people are thought to have a 5–15% literacy rate.[1]
^ abAimaq at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^"Aimaq". World Culture Encyclopedia. everyculture.com. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
the Dari varieties of Persian. The Aimaq people are thought to have a 5–15% literacy rate. Subdialects of Aimaqdialect include: Changezi Firozkohi Jamshidi...
sometimes included among Aimaqs, which is known as Aimaq-e digar ("other Aimaq"). The Aimaq speak several subdialects of the Aimaqdialect of the Persian language...
Aimaq may refer to: Aimaq people, a collection of nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes in central and western Afghanistan Aimaqdialect, a dialect of the Persian...
ḵona mand-um, "He himself left; I, though, I stayed". Languages portal Aimaqdialect Emadi, Hafizullah (2005). Culture and Customs of Afghanistan. ISBN 9780313330896...
Timuri originated in western Badghis Province. They mostly speak the Aimaqdialect of Persian, but some members of the tribe in Baghlan Province have adopted...
The Taymani (Persian: تیمنی) are an Aimaq people in Ghor Province in central Afghanistan. They speak the Aimaqdialect of Persian, but some southern groups...
mainly the Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, and Uzbek, as well as the minorities of Aimaq, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Pamiri,...
include the Jamshidi, Taymani, and Taimuri. The Firozkohi speak the Aimaqdialect of Dari Persian and Pashto. They claim Achakzai Pashtun descent. They...
the dialects of other groups in Afghanistan such as the Hazaragi and Aimaqdialects. Approximately 48%-58% of Afghan citizens are native speakers of Dari...
AggregateIQ, a Canadian political consultancy and technology company Aimaqdialect, a dialect of the Persian language (ISO 639-3 code "aiq") Thai AirAsia, a...
whether regional varieties of Dari such as Hazaragi and Aimaq are counted as languages or dialects. Encyclopedia Iranica estimates that 50-55% of Afghanistan...
dictionary Uzbek to Persian/Dari Dictionary (Archive) [PDF] by Faizullah Aimaq, Toronto, Canada Word translator from Southern Uzbek to Farsi Uzbek<>Turkish...
name of Hazaragi, which is more precisely a part of the Dari dialect continuum. The Aimaqs, a semi-nomadic people native to Afghanistan, speak a variety...
Historically and traditionally, Hazaras live in houses, but some of them such as Aimaq Hazara and a few other are semi-nomadic and live mostly in felt yurts, rather...
term excludes the Hazāra and Aymāq tribes, who also speak dialects of Persian (Hazaragi and Aimaq). The Farsiwan are often mistakenly referred to as Tajiks...
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households, are scattered among the Buriats and speak only the Khamnigan dialect of Buriat language. They live around the Yeruu Lake, Dornod and Khentii...
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to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically includes aspects...
named after them. The regional variant of Mongol language is the Darkhad dialect. In the 2000 census, 16,268 people identified themselves as Darkhad. The...
16–18. Uzbek Turki to Persian/Dari Dictionary, authored by D. Faizullah Aimaq (فرهنگ تورکی اوزبیکی به فارسی/ دری، تألیف داکتر فیض الله ایماق) [1] (Archive)...
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lexemes not found in other Mongolic languages. It is made up of three dialects: Batgan, Hailar, Qiqihar. During Qing rule, some Daur spoke and wrote Manchu...
and consist of Khalkha and other groups, all distinguished primarily by dialects of the Mongol language. The Khalkha make up 86% of the ethnic Mongol population...
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