Iranian diaspora
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The term Iranian diaspora or Persian diaspora refers to the Iranian people living outside of Iran. Note that this differs from the other Iranian peoples living in other areas of Greater Iran, who are of related ethnolinguistical family, speaking languages belonging to the Iranian languages which is a branch of Indo-European languages.
The number of native speakers of Persian in Iran is estimated at around 40 million.[1] However in the wider context, Iranian languages and their various dialects (totaling an estimated 150-200 million speakers) exceed the Iranian borders and are spoken throughout western China, southern Russia, and eastern Turkey.[2]
The Iranian diaspora is estimated at over four million people who emigrated to North America, Europe, South America and Australia, mostly after the Islamic revolution in 1979. In particular, the Los Angeles area is estimated to be host to approximately 1,000,000 Iranians [3], earning the Westwood area of LA the nickname Tehrangeles, a portmanteau of Tehran and the latter two phonemes of Los Angeles. Other metropolises that have large Iranian populations include Dubai with 300,000 resident Iranians, London, Paris, Washington D.C., Stockholm, Ontario, and Frankfurt. Their combined net worth is estimated at $1.3 trillion [4].
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- ^ World Factbook, CIA. "Iran - People". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
- ^ SOAS: Other Iranian languages. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
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- ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2781/html/economy.htm
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