Pamiris

Pamiris
Pōmērə (Shughni)
Flag used by the Pamiri people
A Pamiri girl photographed in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Total population
300–350 thousand[1] (2006)
Regions with significant populations
Tajikistan
(Gorno-Badakhshan)
199,500 (2013)[2]
China
(Xinjiang)
50,265 (2015)[3]
Russia
(Moscow)
20,000 (2018)[4]
Afghanistan
(Badakhshan)
Unknown
Pakistan
(Gilgit-Baltistan)
Unknown
Languages
Pamiri
Secondary: Persian (Dari and Tajik), Russian, Urdu, Mandarin
Religion
Mainly Islam (predominantly Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam, minority Sunni Islam)
Related ethnic groups
Other Iranian peoples

The Pamiris[a] are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group, native to Central Asia, living primarily in Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan), Afghanistan (Badakhshan), Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) and China (Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County). They speak a variety of different languages, amongst which languages of the Eastern Iranian Pamir language group stand out. The languages of the Shughni-Rushani group, alongside Wakhi, are the most widely spoken Pamiri languages.

  1. ^ Лашкарбеков 2006, pp. 111–30.
  2. ^ Hays, Jeffrey. "Pamiri Tajiks and Yaghnobis | Facts and Details". Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ "新疆维吾尔自治区统计局". 11 October 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ^ Додыхудоева 2018, p. 108.


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