Aimaq people

E534708

The Aimaq people are a semi-nomadic Persian-speaking ethnic group of western and central Afghanistan, known for their tribal social structure and pastoral lifestyle.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Aimaq tribes 2
Aimaq culture 1
Aimaq peoples 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
alternativeName Aimak NERFINISHED
Aymaq NERFINISHED
countryOfDiaspora Iran NERFINISHED
Pakistan NERFINISHED
Turkmenistan NERFINISHED
ethnicMinorityIn Afghanistan NERFINISHED
ethnonym Aimaq NERFINISHED
language Aimaq dialect of Persian NERFINISHED
Persian NERFINISHED
lifestyle pastoral
semi-nomadic
linguisticBranch Western Iranian languages NERFINISHED
linguisticFamily Indo-Iranian languages NERFINISHED
primaryCountry Afghanistan NERFINISHED
region Badghis Province NERFINISHED
Faryab Province NERFINISHED
Ghor Province NERFINISHED
Herat Province NERFINISHED
Jowzjan Province NERFINISHED
Sar-e Pol Province NERFINISHED
central Afghanistan
northwestern Afghanistan
western Afghanistan
relatedEthnicGroup Hazara people NERFINISHED
Pashtun people NERFINISHED
Persian peoples
Tajik people NERFINISHED
religion Sunni Islam
religiousSchool Hanafi
selfIdentification Aimaq NERFINISHED
socialStructure tribal
subgroup Firozkohi Aimaq NERFINISHED
Jamshidi Aimaq NERFINISHED
Taimuri Aimaq NERFINISHED
Taymani Aimaq NERFINISHED
Zuri Aimaq NERFINISHED
traditionalEconomy transhumant pastoralism
traditionalOccupation animal husbandry
carpet weaving
goat herding
kilim weaving
sheep herding
traditionalProduct Aimaq carpets NERFINISHED
Aimaq kilims NERFINISHED
usesDwelling black goat-hair tent

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Badghis Province hasEthnicGroup Aimaq people
Badghis Province hasMinorityGroup Aimaq people
this entity surface form: Aimaq tribes
Firozkohi Aimaqs partOf Aimaq people
this entity surface form: Aimaq peoples
Jamshidi Aimaqs partOf Aimaq people
Jamshidi Aimaqs isSubgroupOf Aimaq people
this entity surface form: Aimaq tribes
Taimuri Aimaqs partOf Aimaq people
Taimuri Aimaqs relatedEthnicGroup Aimaq people
Taimuri Aimaqs culturalAffinity Aimaq people
this entity surface form: Aimaq culture
Aimak alternativeNameOf Aimaq people