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 |
| Mauri |
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| Indigenous Group |
Mauri (Also known as: Mawri, Marvi) |
| Location |
Afghanistan, Herat Province (Shakiban-e-Mauri, Mamizak, Nangabad, Herat) |
| Estimated Population |
1,700 - 4,100 (Refer Population Sources below) |
| Environment |
Arid / Valley |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Handicraft Sales / Animal Husbandry |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
| Language Family |
Mauri
Classification: unclassified Turkic language with many Farsi and Pashto loanwords
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| Website URLs |
Afghanistan country study (US Government)
Afghanistan ethnolinguistic maps
Afghanistan ethnolinguistic maps
Additional Offline Sources
Population References:
Low (1,700) from Janata, A. (1970) Rezension zu D. Frohlich: Nationalismus und Nationalstaat in Entwicklungslandern. Afghanische Studien,
3. In: Archiv fur Volkerkunde, 27: 1973, 192-194.
High (4,100) from Franz, E. (1979) Die Mauri bei Herat. Bemerkungen zu einer kleinen Volksgruppe in Afghanistan. In: Sociologus, 29,
2: 1979, 168-177.
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| NGOs |
None found
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