Aimaq
A language of Afghanistan
| Population | 480,000 in Afghanistan (1993). Includes 1,000 Jamshidi (1978 MARC). Population total all countries: 650,000. |
| Region | Central northwest Afghanistan, west of Hazara, eastern Iran, and Tajikistan (Jamshidi and Khazara). Also in Iran, Tajikistan. |
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Afghanistan |
| 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. Dialect names may be ethnic names. Dari Persian dialects with some Turkic and Mongolian elements, possibly quite distinct. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. |
| Comments | ‘Barbari’ and ‘Berberi’ are also applied to Hazara people in and around Mashad, Iran. Agriculturalists; pastoralists. Muslim (Hanafi Sunni). |
Also spoken in:
Iran
| Language name | Aimaq |
| Population | 170,000 in Iran (Johnstone 1993). |
| Region | Mâzanderân Province. |
| Dialects | Teimuri (Teimurtash). |
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