| Aimaq | |
|---|---|
| گویش ایماقی | |
 Aimaqi written in the Perso-Arabic script in Nastaliq style. | |
| Native to | Afghanistan, Iran |
| Ethnicity | Aimaq |
Native speakers | 1.9 million (2017–2019)[1] |
| Persian alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aiq |
| Glottolog | aima1241 |
Aimaq or Aimaqi (Persian: ایماقی, romanized: Aimāqi) is the dominant eastern Persian ethnolect spoken by the Aimaq people in central northwest Afghanistan (west of the Hazarajat) and eastern Iran. It is close to the Dari varieties of Persian.[2] The Aimaq people are thought to have a 5–15% literacy rate.[1]
