Aimaq

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A language of Afghanistan

ISO 639-3
aiq
Alternate Names
Barbari, Berberi, Chahar-Aimaq, Char Aimaq
Population

480,000 in Afghanistan (1993). Includes 1,000 Jamshidi (1978 MARC). Population total all countries: 650,000.

Location

Central northwest Afghanistan, west of Hazara, eastern Iran, and Tajikistan (Jamshidi and Khazara). Centers in Ghor, Badghis, and Herat provinces. Also in Iran, Tajikistan.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian
Dialects

Chinghizi, Firozkohi, Jamshidi (Djamchidi, Dzhemshid, Jamshedi, Yemchidi), Maliki, Mizmast, Taimani, Taimuri (Taimouri, Teimuri, Timuri), Zainal, Zohri (Zuri). Dialect names could well be ethnic names, probably dialect of Dari [prs], at least Jamshidi is not much different from the Herati dialect of Dari.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Aimaq
Writing
Unwritten.
Other Comments

Muslim (Hanafi Sunni).

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