|
|
|
|
Join our mailing list today
and receive the latest indigenous news and information from Native Planet!
|
 |
|
|
Each donation supports our cause and expands our efforts. (donations
here via Paypal)
|
|
|
Share your time, enthusiasm and skills to make a difference on our Planet!
|
|
|
Aimaq |
Arab-Arabic Speaking |
Arab-Persian Speaking |
Baloch |
Brahui |
Firuzkuhi |
Hazara |
Ismaili-Hazara |
Jamshidi |
Maliki |
Mauri |
Mishmast |
Pashtun |
Qatagan-aimaq |
Sunni-Hazara |
Tahiri |
Taimani |
Tajik |
Timuri |
Turkmen |
Uzbek |
Zuri |
| Ismaili Hazara |
|
| Indigenous Group |
Ismaili Hazara (Also known as: Hazars, Khazara, Khazars, Hazaragi, Afghan Shiites) belonging to Ismaili sect of Shiism |
| Location |
Afghanistan, northeastern part of Hazarajat (central part of Afghanistan, inhabited primarily by Hazara people). |
| Estimated Population |
Not found |
| Environment |
Mountains / Valley |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture /Animal Husbandry / Trade / Paid Labor |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
| Language Family |
Hazaragi
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian
Alternate names: Hazaragi, Azargi, Hazara, Hezareh, Persian, Farsi, Parsi, Eastern Persian, Eastern Farsi, Eastern Parsi
Hazaragi comprises a group of eastern Persian dialects spoken by Afghan Shiites and related to Dari (spoken by Tajiks and other ethnic groups in Afghanistan and having national language status). |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue – Hazaragi a language of Afghanistan
News report about Ismaili Hazara refugees
Hazara.net
Hazaras of Afghanistan
Afghanistan Online
Afgha.com (an expatriate site)
Peoples of Afghanistan (US State Dept.)
Afghanistan country study (US Government)
Afghanistan ethnolinguistic map 1
Afghanistan ethnolinguistic map 2
|
| NGOs |
Aga Khan Development Network
ZONTA
|
|
