Aimaq dialect

Aimaq
گویش ایماقی
Aimaqi written in the Perso-Arabic script in Nastaliq style.
Native toAfghanistan, Iran
EthnicityAimaq
Native speakers
1.9 million (2017–2019)[1]
Persian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3aiq
Glottologaima1241

Aimaq or Aimaqi (Persian: ایماقی, romanizedAimāqi) 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]

  1. ^ a b Aimaq at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Aimaq". World Culture Encyclopedia. everyculture.com. Retrieved 14 August 2009.