Aimaq dialect
Persian dialect of the Aimaq people of northwest Afghanistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aimaq or Aimaqi (Persian: ایماقی, romanized: Aimāqi) is the dominant eastern Persian ethnolect spoken by the Aimaq people in central northwest Afghanistan (west of the Hazarajat) and eastern Iran. It is close to the Dari varieties of Persian.[2] The Aimaq people are thought to have a 5–15% literacy rate.[1]
Quick Facts Native to, Ethnicity ...
Aimaq | |
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گویش ایماقی | |
Native to | Afghanistan, Iran |
Ethnicity | Aimaq |
Native speakers | 1.9 million (2017–2019)[1] |
Persian alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aiq |
Glottolog | aima1241 |
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