AIQ ISO 639-3
Aimaq
A language of Afghanistan
- ISO 639
- aiq
- Alternate Names
- Barbari, Berberi, Chahar-Aimaq, Char Aimaq
- Population
- 1,400,000 in Afghanistan (2017 J. Leclerc). Total users in all countries: 1,886,900.
- Location:
- Badghis, Ghor, and Herat provinces; Farah and Faryab provinces: smaller border areas; west of Hazara.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Indo-Iranian
- Dialects
- Taimuri (Taimouri, Teimuri, Timuri), Taimani, Zohri (Zuri), Jamshidi (Djamchidi, Dzhemshid, Jamshedi, Yemchidi), Firozkohi, Maliki, Mizmast, Chinghizi, Zainal. Dialect names could well be ethnic names, probably dialect of Dari [prs], at least Jamshidi is not much different from the Herati dialect of Dari.
- Language Use
- Vigorous. Used by all. Some also use Dari [prs].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Aimaq
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Mazandaran province: scattered.
- Dialects
- Teimuri (Teimurtash).
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Barbari and Berberi are also applied to Hazara people in Mashad. View other languages of Iran
Language Name
Aimaq
User Population
234,000 in Iran (2019).
- Location
- Khatlon region: west of Vakhsh river, Jamshidi and Khazara area.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Tajikistan
Language Name
Aimaq
User Population
7,900 in Tajikistan (2017).
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Turkmenistan
Language Name
Aimaq
User Population
255,000 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019b). , based on ethnicity.
Map
Location: Badghis, Ghor, and Herat provinces; Farah and Faryab provinces: smaller border areas; west of Hazara.
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