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, Iranians in Qatar)
Iranian Peoples (Kurd, Lur, Baluch, Kurds, Azeris)

Achum people (Persian: مردم اَچُمِ),[2] or Achum/Acham,[2] also known Khodmooni (Persian: خُودمونی),[2] or Larestani (Persian: لآرِستَانِی),[2][3] 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,[4][5] with a Shia minority.[5]

Achum/Acham people speak the Achum/Acham language. The language has reported eight dialects and it is mostly intelligible with Persian proper.[6] The Achum/Acham people are of Persian descent.[5][7]

  1. ^ ethnologue http://www.ethnologue.com/language/lrl. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d Halkias, Daphne; Adendorff, Christian (2016-04-22). Governance in Immigrant Family Businesses: Enterprise, Ethnicity and Family Dynamics. Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 9781317125952.
  3. ^ Project, Joshua. "Larestani in Iran". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  4. ^ Van Donzel, E. J. (January 1994). Islamic Desk Reference. BRILL. pp. 225. ISBN 9004097384. laristan sunni fars.
  5. ^ a b c Mehran (2 March 2023). "كتاب تاريخ جنوب فارس لارستان وبستك" (in Arabic).
  6. ^ "A Study of Personal Pronouns of Larestani Language as an Endangered Iranian Language". www.researchgate.net.
  7. ^ khodo mania (27 April 2023). "كتاب تاريخ جنوب فارس لارستان وبستك". YouTube (in Arabic).