Indo-Iranian peoples
various peoples speaking these languages
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Indo-Iranian peoples or Indo-Iranic peoples, is the name given to the group that covers Iranic peoples, Indo-Aryans and Nuristanis today. In the historical sense, it is the group that defined itself as Aryan and eventually split into Iranians, Indo-Aryans and Nuristanis. They spoke the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European languages.
Regions with significant populations | |
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South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia | |
India | 72% of population[1] |
Pakistan | 86,15% of population[2] |
Bangladesh | 98% of population[3] |
Iran | 79% of population[4] |
Afghanistan | 71% of population[5] |
Sri Lanka | 74.9% of population |
Tajikistan | 79.9% of population[6] |
South Ossetia | 89.9% of population |
Languages | |
Indo-Iranian languages | |
Religion | |
Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, Christianity etc. |
List of peoples today
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change- ↑ "India". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)"
- ↑ "Pakistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Punjabi 44.68%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki 8.38%, Muhajirs 7.57%, Balochi 3.57%, other 6.28% "
- ↑ "Bangladesh". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) (1998) "
- ↑ "Iran". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Persian 61%, Azeri 16%, Kurd 10%, Lur 6%, Baloch 2%, Arab 2%, Turkmen and Turkic tribes 2%, other 1%"
- ↑ "Afghanistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%"
- ↑ "Tajikistan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States). "Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000 census)"