Aimaq dialect

Aimaq
Spoken in Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Region Central Asia
Native speakers 1,620,000[1]  (date missing)
Language family
Writing system Persian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3 aiq

Aimaq is a dialect of the Persian language spoken west of the Hazarajat (or Hazarastan), in central northwest Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Tajikistan. It is the dominant dialect of Persian spoken by the Aymāq people. It is very close to Khorasani and Dari dialects.[2] The Aimaq people are thought to have a 5-15% literacy rate.[3]

Subdialects of Aimaq include:

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Aimaq". JoshuaProject. 11 August 2009. http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-clusters.php?rop2=C0007. Retrieved 14 August 2009. 
  2. ^ "Aimaq". World Culture Encyclopedia. everyculture.com. http://www.everyculture.com/Africa-Middle-East/Aimaq.html. Retrieved 14 August 2009. 
  3. ^ "Aimaq". Ethnologue. 2009. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=aiq. Retrieved 14 August 2009. 

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