Pamiris

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Pamiris are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous Pamir region of Central Asia, known for their distinct Eastern Iranian languages and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pamiris canonical 2
پامیری‌ها 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian people
ethnic group
culturalRegion Tibetan Plateau
surface form: High Asia
culturalTrait distinct local customary law
distinct musical traditions
mountainous village settlements
rich oral traditions
ethnicGroupOf Pamir-Alay mountain system
surface form: Pamir region
ethnonym Pamiri peoples
surface form: Pamiri people
geneticAffinity other Eastern Iranian highland populations
historicalRegion Badakhshan
languageBranch Eastern Iranian languages
languageFamily Indo-Iranian languages
linguisticDiversity high
locatedInMountainSystem Hindu Kush–Pamir region
minorityStatusIn Afghanistan
China
Pakistan
Tajikistan
nativeTo Central Asia
Pamir Mountains
populationCharacteristic concentrated in remote mountain valleys
relatedTo Sogdians
Tajiks
religion Ismaili Shia
surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam
resideIn Afghanistan
Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
surface form: Badakhshan Province

China
Gilgit-Baltistan
Badakhshan
surface form: Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

Pakistan
Tajikistan
Xinjiang
speak Eastern Iranian languages
Ishkashimi language
Roshani language
surface form: Rushani language

Sarikoli language
Shughni language
Wakhi
surface form: Wakhi language

Yazgulyam language
subgroupOf Iranian peoples
surface form: Eastern Iranian peoples
traditionalLivelihood agriculture
pastoralism
transhumance
traditionalReligionBranch Ismaili Shia
surface form: Nizari Ismailism
useScript Arabic script
Cyrillic script

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Tajiks relatedEthnicGroup Pamiris
Iranian peoples hasPart Pamiris
نورستانیان همسایه قومی Pamiris
this entity surface form: پامیری‌ها