Indigenous Communities from Afghanistan

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Taimani
Indigenous Group	Taimani (Also known as: Chahar Aimaq, Char Aimaq, Four Aimaq).
Location	Afghanistan, Ghowr province and eastern part of the province of Herat. Small, isolated groups may be found in Badghis and southern Faryab province. Taimani are an ethnic group of the Chahar Aimaq tribal confederation.
Estimated Population	85,000 – 180,000 (Refer Population Sources below)
Environment	Plain / Mountain
Lifestyle	Semi-nomadic / Nomadic / Sedentary (few)
Subsistence	Animal Husbandry
Level of Assimilation	Fairly Traditional
Language Family	Aimaq (Taimani dialect) Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian Alternate names: Aimaq, Barbari, Berberi, Chahar Aimaq, Char Aimaq, Farsi, Parsi, Eastern Persian, Eastern Farsi, Eastern Parsi Taimani speak an eastern Persian dialect known as Taimani. This dialect is sometimes classified together with related dialects as Aimaq language (which, in turn, is sometimes considered a dialect of Farsi/Dari).
Website URLs	Ethnologue - Aimaq (Taimani dailect) a language of Afghanistan Afghanistan Online Peoples of Afghanistan (US State Dept.) Afghanistan country study (US Government) Afghanistan ethnolinguistic map 1 Afghanistan ethnolinguistic map 2 Population Offline References: 1. Klimburg, M. Afghanistan. Das Land im historischen Spannungsfeld Mittelasiens. Vienna, 1966. 2. Janata, A. Rezension zu D. Frohlich : Nationalismus und Nationalstaat in Entwicklungslandern. Afghanische Studien, 3, 1970. In : Archiv fur Volkerkunde, 27 : 192-194, 1973. 3. Snoy, P. Die ethnischen Gruppen. In : W. Kraus (ed.), Afghanistan. Tubingen, 1972.
NGOs	No NGOs deal specifically with this ethnic group. For major NGOs operating in Afghanistan see separate entries for major Afghan ethnic groups (Pashtun, Tajik, etc.)