Iranic peoples
diverse Indo-European ethno-linguistic group
The Iranic peoples also sometimes called Iranian peoples, are a ethno-linguistic group who speak Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European languages.
Regions with significant populations | |
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Iran: 79% of population[1] Afghanistan: 71% of population[2] Tajikistan: 79.9% of population[3] South Ossetia: 89.9% of population | |
Pakistan | 18.99% of population[4] |
Uzbekistan | 1,544,700[5] |
Syria | 7%–10% of population[6][7] |
Iraq | 15–20% of population[8][9] |
Russia | 760.536[10] |
Azerbaijan | 143,300[11] |
Languages | |
Iranic languages (a branch of the Indo-European languages) | |
Religion | |
Predominately: Islam (Sunni, Shia and Alevi) Minorities: Christianity (Eastern Orthodoxy, Nestorianism, Catholicism and Protestantism), Judaism, Baháʼí Faith, Yazidism, Yarsanism, Zoroastrianism, Assianism (Historically also: Manichaeism and Buddhism) |
Modern Iranian peoples include: The Azerbaijanis, Balochs, Kurds, Lurs, Mazanderanis, Ossetians, Tats, Tajiks, Talyshs, Zazas, Pashtuns, Pamiris, Persians, Yaghnobis, Wakhis, and Gilaks.
Historical Iranic peoples include the; Alans, Scythians,[12] Dahae, Sakas,[13] Medes, Bactrians, Sogdians,[14] Sarmatians, Parthians, Khwarezmians,[15] Cimmerians,[16] and Daylamites.
References
Sources
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- Lambton, Ann KS. "Persia." Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society 31.1 (1944): 8-22.
- Lohrasp, G. "Some remarks on Farabi's background: Iranic (Soghdian/Persian) or (Altaic)?." (2009).
- صدرا, علیرضا. "Making Discourse and Realization, Monitoring of Islamic–Iranic Progress' Olgou (executive necessaries of Olgou and Political Plans)." سیاست متعالیه 10.38 (2022).
- Waghmar, Burzine. "Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas." (2020): 639-649.
- Gregoratti, Leonardo. "The journey east of the Great King: East and West in the Parthian kingdom." The Journey East of the Great King: East and West in the Parthian kingdom (2013): 43-52.
- Khudaverdyan, A. Yu. "A bioarchaeological analysis of the population of the Armenian Highland and Transcaucasus in the Antiquity." The Mankind Quarterly 53.1 (2012): 3-35.
- Foltz, Richard. The Ossetes: Modern-day Scythians of the Caucasus. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
- Watson, William. "The Chinese contribution to eastern nomad culture in the pre‐Han and early Han periods." World Archaeology 4.2 (1972): 139-149.
- Kümmel, Martin Joachim. "“Prothetic h-” in Khotanese and the reconstruction of Proto-Iranic." Script and Reconstruction in Linguistic History.
- Sharkey, Benjamin. "Predators and Prey: Cosmological Perspectivism in Scythian Animal Style Art." Arts. Vol. 11. No. 6. MDPI, 2022.
- Turchin, Peter. "A theory for formation of large empires." Journal of Global History 4.2 (2009): 191-217.
- Farrokh, Kaveh. "Lion and Sun Emblem of Iran, a Pictorial Historical Analysis Historical Analysis in 3 Parts Part 3: Qajars and After."
- Bekhrad, Joobin. "Kiss my lips: Female poets in the Persian language." TLS. Times Literary Supplement 6099 (2020): 28-29.
- Sharif, Nemat. "A Brief History of Kurds and Kurdistan: Part I: From the Advent of Islam to AD 1750." The International Journal of Kurdish Studies 10.1/2 (1996): 105.
- Lee, Joo-yup. "The Sogdian Descendants in Mongol and post-Mongol Central Asia: The Tajiks and Sarts." Acta Via Serica 5.1 (2020): 187-198.
- Ethington, Michael David. "The Hunnic Dilemma: Between Identity and Environmental-Economic Crises." Journal of Asian Civilizations 44.2 (2021): 109-120.
- Turchin, Peter, Thomas E. Currie, and Edward AL Turner. "Mapping the spread of mounted warfare." Cliodynamics 7.2 (2016).
- Waghmar, Burzine. "Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas." (2020): 639-649.
- Scarborough, Matthew JC. "Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year,(regnal) year’." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 31.3 (2021): 599-607.
- BORJIAN, Habib. "NORTH IRANIC PEOPLES IN THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA IRANICA." NARTAMONGæ (2019): 413.
- Grønbech, Kaare. "The steppe region in world history. II." Acta Orientalia 24 (1959): 14-14.
- Salvatori, Sandro. "Bactria and Margiana seals: a new assessment of their chronological position and a typological survey." East and West 50.1/4 (2000): 97-145.
- Häberl, Charles. "Balaybalan." (2015).
- Mengal, Mir Aqil Khan. "" THE BARKI TRIBE AND LANGUAGE." Mut̤ālaʻah-yi Pākistān 2 (1991): 83.
- Ethington, Michael David. "The Hunnic Dilemma: Between Identity and Environmental-Economic Crises." Journal of Asian Civilizations 44.2 (2021): 109-120.
- Kovalevskaia, V. B "Central Ciscaucasia in Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: Caucasian Substratum and Migrations of the Iranic-Speaking Tribes." (1988).
Further reading
- Balanovsky, Oleg, et al. "Deep phylogenetic analysis of haplogroup G1 provides estimates of SNP and STR mutation rates on the human Y-chromosome and reveals migrations of Iranic speakers." PLoS One 10.4 (2015): e0122968.
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