Pamiri people
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Pamiris are a group of Iranian ethnic groups, who live mainly in the Badakhshan of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, Hunza and Chitral regions of Pakistan and the far western portion of Xinjiang in western China.[9] They speak the Pamiri languages of the Iranian language family.[10]
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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Tajikistan(Gorno-Badakhshan) | 135,000 (2000)[1] |
 Pakistan(Upper Hunza and Chitral) | 74,605 (2016)[2][3] |
 Afghanistan(Badakhshan Province) | 65,300 (2018)[4][5] |
 China(Xinjiang) | 50,265 (2015)[6] |
 Russia | 363 (2010)[7] |
| Languages | |
| Pamir languages, Tajik language, Russian language, Mandarin Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Mainly: Nizari Isma'ili Also: Sunnism[8] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Iranian peoples | |
Ethnic groups
Following is the list of Pamiri ethnic groups:
Pamiri People Media
Sculpture of a Saka warrior in Khalchayan, Northern Bactria, 1st century BC.
Flag of the self-proclaimed Autonomous Republic of Badakhshan
Nasir Khusraw on a postage stamp issued by Tajikistan in 2003
First version of the Shughni alphabet, 1931
Related pages
References
- ↑ Results of the 2000 population census in Tajikistan.
- ↑ Includes Wakhis, Yidghas, Sarikolis and Shughnis. This population figure only includes those who speak the Pamiri languages, members of the ethnic group who no longer speak the languages may not be included.
- ↑ Yadgha. Ethnologue. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ↑ Includes Wakhis, Munjis and Shughnis. This population figure only includes those who speak the Pamiri languages, members of the ethnic group who no longer speak the languages may not be included.
- ↑ Munji. Ethnologue. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ↑ No Title (in zh-hans). 泽普政府网 (17 July 2017). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ↑ Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity Archived 2013-12-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ Islamic peoples of the Soviet Union, pg. 33 By Shirin Akiner
- ↑ Kreutzmann, Hermann. Ethnic Minorities and Marginality in the Pamirian Knot: Survival of Wakhi and Kirghiz in a Harsh Environment and Global Contexts. The Geographical Journal 169 (3) (2003). p. 215–235.
- ↑ Pamiris (in en-GB). Minority Rights Group (2015-06-19). Retrieved 2023-11-27.