Kumzari people

Kumzari
Kumzar
کومزاري
Regions with significant populations
 Oman (Kumzar)5,000[1]
 Iran500[2]
Languages
Kumzari, Arabic
Religion
Islam[3]
Related ethnic groups
Lurs, Shihuh

The Kumzari or Kumzar (کومزاري) are an Iranian ethnic group[citation needed] native to the Musandam peninsula in northern Oman. They speak the Kumzari language along with the Shihuh tribe who are Arabs unlike the Kumzar. They are traditional fisherman.[4]

  1. ^ https://multicast.aspra.uni-bamberg.de/resources/wowa/data/iranian/kumzari_musandam/wowa_iran_kumzari_musandam__metadata.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ https://multicast.aspra.uni-bamberg.de/resources/wowa/data/iranian/kumzari_musandam/wowa_iran_kumzari_musandam__metadata.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Rare language also under threat in Straits of Hormuz". 13 April 2012.
  4. ^ Lancaster, William; Lancaster, Fidelity (2011). Honour is in Contentment: Life Before Oil in Ras Al-Khaimah (UAE) and Some Neighboring Countries. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110223392.