Aimaqs

E25633

ethnic group semi-nomadic people

The Aimaqs are a collection of semi-nomadic, Persian-speaking ethnic groups primarily inhabiting western and central Afghanistan.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group → semi-nomadic people →
alternativeName	Aimak → Aymāq →
associatedLanguageVariety	Aimaqi Persian →
continent	Asia →
country	Afghanistan →
economicActivity	agriculture → animal husbandry →
ethnicRelation	Hazaras → Iranian peoples → Tajiks →
ethnonymLanguage	Persian →
historicalTerritory	Badghis Province → Daykundi Province → Faryab Province → Ghazni Province → Ghor Province → Herat Province →
languageBranch	Iranian languages →
languageFamily	Indo-Iranian languages →
languageSubbranch	Western Iranian languages →
livestockType	camels → goats → sheep →
mainLanguage	Persian →
majorReligionBranch	Islam →
mobilityPattern	semi-nomadic migration →
neighboringGroup	Hazaras → Pashtuns → Tajiks →
region	central Afghanistan → western Afghanistan →
religion	Hanafi Sunni Islam → Sunni Islam →
selfDesignation	Aimaq →
socialOrganization	tribal structure →
subgroup	Firozkohi Aimaqs → Jamshidi Aimaqs → Taimuri Aimaqs → Taymani Aimaqs →
subregion	Central Asia → Greater Khorasan →
traditionalDressFeature	tribal embroidery →
traditionalHousing	mud-brick houses → tents →
traditionalLifestyle	pastoralism → transhumance →
usesScript	Perso-Arabic script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aimaqs ("Aimaqi Persian") →	associatedLanguageVariety
Afghan American ("Aimaq") →	ethnicSubgroup
Western Afghanistan →	hasEthnicGroup
Aimaqs ("Aimaq") →	selfDesignation
Persian language →	spokenBy
Aimaqs ("Taymani Aimaqs") →	subgroup