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Contents 1 Background of Chahar Mongols 2 Is the sample really Aimak? 3 Aimak websites? 4 Why the reference to Evangelical Christians is inappropriate

[edit] Background of Chahar Mongols

The Chahar Mongols are closely related to the Kalhkha and Tümed Mongols. The three tribes are Eastern Mongols, i.e., Chingissid (or Kublaid) Mongols. The Chahar tribe's ancestral home is Inner Mongolia. The Chahar tribe has no historical relationship with the Aimak.

The Aimak have a closer tie to the Jagatai or even the Hazara.--Buzava 04:49, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Then what's up with the name Chahar-Aimak? --Khoikhoi 05:32, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with the origin of the term "Chahar," but the term "Aimak" in Kalmyk-Mongolian means subsection or district. Perhaps the Chahar-Aimak claim descent from the Chahar Mongols. Interestingly, certain scholars (viz., Nicolas Poppe) have suggested that the Hazara are related to the Oirats. Btw, dörben is Mongolian for the number four.--Buzava 16:13, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is the sample really Aimak?

The language sample link does not look like a Persian dialect to me at all. Imperial78

[edit] Aimak websites?

i haven't been able to find an Aimak website on the net, anyone if knows please add it here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 211.29.104.174 (talk) 13:59, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Why the reference to Evangelical Christians is inappropriate

1. Most native peoples around the world have no population of Christians. Why mention this in connection with the Aimaks if none of their neighbors in Afghanistan are Christians either, and a local Christian / Muslim conflict isn't occuring here, as in Sulawesi?
2. No Christians are "indigenous", Christianity has been a proselytizing religion from the very start.
3. This reference in the text was obviously copied from one of the Evangelical Christian "linguistic" sites, which list the languages of "unreached peoples".