Aimaq dialect | |
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گویش ایماقی | |
Native to | Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan |
Ethnicity | Aimaq |
Native speakers | 1.9 million (2017–2019) [1] |
Persian alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
aiq |
Glottolog |
aima1241 |
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]
Subdialects of Aimaq dialect include:
Phonetically, as one of the eastern Persian dialects, the Aimaq dialect resembles a formal or classical form of Persian.
Vowels:
Consonants:
Aimaq dialect | |
---|---|
گویش ایماقی | |
Native to | Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan |
Ethnicity | Aimaq |
Native speakers | 1.9 million (2017–2019) [1] |
Persian alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
aiq |
Glottolog |
aima1241 |
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]
Subdialects of Aimaq dialect include:
Phonetically, as one of the eastern Persian dialects, the Aimaq dialect resembles a formal or classical form of Persian.
Vowels:
Consonants: