Achomi people

Achomis
Larestanis - Khodmoonis
Total population
120,000 (2021) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Southern Iran, GCC countries
Languages
Achomi, Persian, Arabic
Religion
Majority Sunni Islam, minority Shia Islam
Related ethnic groups
GCC (Ajam of Bahrain, Ajam of Kuwait, Iranians of UAE)
Iranian Peoples (Lur, Baluch, Kurds, Azeris)

Achum’s (Persian: اَچُمِی), also called Khodmooni (Persian: خُودمونی) or Larestani (Persian: لآرِستَانِی),[2] are an Iranian sub-ethnic group of Persians who inhabit primarily in southern Iran in a region historically known as Irahistan. They are predominantly Sunni Muslims,[3][4] with a Shia minority.[4]

Achomi people speak the Achomi language. The language has reported eight dialects and it is mostly intelligible with Persian proper.[5] The Achomi people are of Persian descent.[4][6]

  1. ^ ethnologue http://www.ethnologue.com/language/lrl. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Halkias, Daphne; Adendorff, Christian (2016-04-22). Governance in Immigrant Family Businesses: Enterprise, Ethnicity and Family Dynamics. Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 9781317125952.
  3. ^ Van Donzel, E. J. (January 1994). Islamic Desk Reference. BRILL. pp. 225. ISBN 9004097384. laristan sunni fars.
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference khodmooni was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "A Study of Personal Pronouns of Larestani Language as an Endangered Iranian Language". www.researchgate.net.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference khodo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).