Ethnic groups in West Asia

The ethnic groups in West Asia fall into several categories:

• The Middle East proper is dominated by the Arabs. There are various other ethnic groups, the Iranian peoples (primarily the Kurds), Turkic peoples (such as the Syrian and Iraqi Turkmens), Assyrians, and Jews (notably Israelis).
• Iran is mostly populated by Persians alongside a large minority of Turkic peoples (notably the Azerbaijanis), Kurds, Arabs and other minorities such as Armenians and Assyrians.
• Anatolia is mostly populated by Turks, besides minorities (notably Kurds).
• Cyprus is populated by mainly by Greek- and Turkish-speaking Cypriots.
• The Caucasus has many ethnicities, see peoples of the Caucasus.

Contents 1 Arabian peninsula, the Levant and Mesopotamia 2 Anatolia 3 Caucasus 4 Central Asia 5 Cyprus 6 Iran 7 See also

Arabian peninsula, the Levant and Mesopotamia

• Semitic-speaking peoples
  • Arabs/Arabic-speaking peoples
    • Bahranis
    • Bedouin
    • Druze
    • Egyptians
    • Iraqis
    • Lebanese
    • Madan
    • Palestinians
    • Qara
    • Syrians
    • Arabic-speaking Christians
      • Copts
      • Maronites
      • Palestinian Christians
    • Arabic or Judeo-Arabic speaking Jews
      • Mizrahi Jews
  • Hebrew-speaking peoples
    • Israelis
  • Aramaic-speaking peoples
    • Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people

• Indo-European-speaking peoples
  • Indo-Iranian-speaking peoples
    • Persians
      • The ʿAjam of Bahrain
      • The ʿAjam of Kuwait
      • The Persian Jews

• • • Kurds

• • • Shabak

• Turkic peoples
  • Iraqi Turkmens
  • Syrian Turkmen

Anatolia

• Turkic peoples
  • Turkish people
  • Azerbaijani people
  • Crimean Tatars

• Indo-European-speaking peoples
  • Greek-speaking peoples
    • Greeks in Turkey
  • Armenians
    • Armenians in Turkey
  • Indo-Iranian-speaking peoples
    • Kurds
    • Zazas

• Semitic-speaking peoples
  • Arabic-speaking peoples
    • Arabs in Turkey
  • Aramaic-speaking people
    • Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people

• Various Muslim immigrants from neighbouring regions (See: Immigration to Turkey)
  • Muslims from the Caucasus (See: Peoples of the Caucasus in Turkey)
  • Muslims from the Balkans (mainly: Albanians, Bosniaks and Pomaks)

Caucasus

• Native Caucasians
  • Northwest Caucasian peoples
    • Abazins
    • Abkhaz
    • Adyghe
    • Cherkes
    • Kabardin
  • Northeast Caucasian peoples
    • Batsbi
    • Chechens
    • Ingush
    • (Caucasian) Avars
  • South Caucasian peoples
    • Georgians
    • Laz

• Indo-European-speaking peoples
  • Indo-Iranian-speaking peoples
    • Ossetians
    • Talysh
    • Tats
  • Armenians
  • Slavic-speaking peoples
    • Russian people

• Turkic peoples
  • Azeris
  • Balkars
  • Karachays
  • Kumyks
  • Meskhetian Turks
  • Nogais
  • Tatars
  • Trukhmens
• Mongolic-speaking peoples
  • Kalmyks

Central Asia

• Turkic peoples
  • Karakalpaks
  • Kazakhs
  • Kyrgyz
  • Tatars
  • Turkmens
  • Uyghurs
  • Uzbeks

• Sinitic-speaking peoples
  • Chinese Muslims
    • Dungans
    • Hui people

• Indo-European-speaking peoples
  • Indo-Iranian-speaking peoples
    • Pashtuns
    • Tajiks
  • Slavic-speaking peoples
    • Russian people

Cyprus

• Indo-European-speaking peoples
  • Greek-speaking peoples
    • Greek Cypriots

• Turkic-speaking peoples
  • Turkish Cypriots

• Semitic-speaking peoples
  • Arabic-speaking peoples
    • Maronite Arabs

Iran

• Indo-European-speaking peoples
  • Indo-Iranian-speaking peoples
    • Persians
    • Kurds
    • Lurs
    • Baloch people
    • Gilaki people
    • Talysh people
    • Mazandarani people
  • Armenians

• Turkic peoples
  • Azeris (see: Iranian Azeris)
  • Turkmens
  • Qashqai

• Semitic-speaking peoples
  • Arabic-speaking peoples
    • Iranian Arabs
  • Aramaic-speaking people
    • Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people

See also

• Arab world
• Arabs
• Turkic peoples
• Iranian peoples
• Archaeogenetics of the Near East
• Demographics of the Arab League
• Demographics of Iran
• Demographics of Turkey
• Ethnic groups of Africa
• Ethnic groups of Europe
• Ethnic groups of South Asia

Ethnic groups in the Middle East Bahrain Cyprus Egypt Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen

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