Ethnic group name: Afshar

(azb dialect)

Population: 200,000

Province and city you can visit: Kerman, Baft or Bonab

Description: They are nomads and live in tents. They are Turks, but their language differs from the Azeri language of Tabriz. Afshar are also found near Tabriz.

This is our picture: YES foreign tourist took in 2005 in Fars near Kerman boarder.

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Ethnic group name: Luri (lrc)

Population: 1,500,000

Province and city you can visit:  Luristan, Khoramabad

Description: Most of the population of the city Khoramabad are Luri language speakers. Their language is called Northern Luri. Throughout Luristan province you can find the tents of the Luri nomads.

This is our picture: YES taken in 2004 by an Iranian tourist of a Luri nomad near Khoramabad.

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نام گروه قومي : لر

جمعيت : 1،500،000

استان و شهري كه شما مي توانيد ديدن كنيد :

لرستان ، خرم آباد

توضيح : تقريباً تمامي جمعيت ساكن در خرم آباد ، لر زبان هستند. زبان آنها زبان لري شمالي ناميده مي شود. در ميان استان لرستان مي توانيد چادر هاي گوچ كنندگان لري را بيابيد.

Ethnic group name: Bakhtiari (bqi)

Population: 1,000,000

Province and city you can visit:  Chaharmahal ve Bakhteyari, shahr-e -kord and Khuzestan.

Description: Many are still nomads living in tents high in the mountains.

This is our picture: YES taken by tourist in 2005 in Chaharmahal ve Bakhtiari province.

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نام گروه قومي : بختياري

جمعيت : 1،000،000

استان و شهري كه شما مي توانيد ديدن كنيد :

چهار محال و بختياري ، شهر كرد و خوزستان

توضيح : بسياري از آنان هنوز بصورت كوچ نشين و در بالاي كوه ها در چادر ها زندگي مي كنند.

Ethnic group name: Boyerahmadi and Mamasani Luri  (luz)

Population: 800,000

Province and city you can visit:  Kohgiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad, Yasuj and Fars, Mamasan  

Description: This group calls themselves Luri, but they do not understand the Luri language from Luristan. Their language is sometimes called Southern Luri. The Luri in Fars province are the Mamasani group. 

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نام گروه قومي : لر بوير احمدي و ممسني

جمعيت : 800،000

استان و شهري كه شما مي توانيد ديدن كنيد :

كهكيلويه و بوير احمد ، ياسوج و فارس ، ممسن

توضيح : اين گروه نيز لر مي باشند اما آنها زبان لري لرستان را درک نمی کنند. زبان آنها را لري جنوبي مي نامند. لرهاي استان فارس ، لر هاي ممسني هستند.

Ethnic group name: Laki (lki)

Population: 1,000,000

Province and city you can visit: Hamadan, Nahavand and Ilam, Ilam

Description: This language is a mixture of Luri and Kurdish.  Most Laki call themselves Lurs. 

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نام گروه قومي :لكي

جمعيت :1،000،000

استان و شهري كه شما مي توانيد ديدن كنيد :

همدان ، نهاوند و ايلام ، شهر ايلام

توضيح : اين زبان از دو زبان لري و كردي آميخته شده است. لكها خودشان راجزوِ لر مي دانند.

Ethnic group name: Turkmen (tuk)

Population: 2,000,000

Province and city you can visit:  Golestan,  Gonbad and Bandar Turkaman

Description: Many still live in tents and migrate with their animals. 

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نام گروه قومي : تركمن 

جمعيت : 2،000،000

استان و شهري كه شما مي توانيد ديدن كنيد :

گلستان ، شهر گنبد و بندر تركمن

توضيح : اكثر آنها در چادرها زندگي مي كنند و با حيواناتشان كوچ مي كنند.

Ethnic group name: Sorani Kurds         (9-ckb)

Population: 3,000,000

Province and city you can visit: Sanadaj in Kurdistan and villages south of the Urmia Lake.

Description: They were once nomads but now are mostly settled. The men wear baggy pants. Their language is also called Central Kurdi.

This is our picture: YES Taken by tourists in 2005.

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نام گروه قومي : كردهاي سورياني

جمعيت : 3،000،000

استان و شهري كه شما مي توانيد ديدن كنيد :

كردستان ، سنندج و در كردستان و روستاهاي جنوب درياچة اروميه

توضيح : در ابتدا آنها چادرنشين بودند اما اكثر آنها در حالِ حاضر مستقر شده اند.. به زبان آنها زبان كردي مركزي هم مي گويند.

Ethnic group name: Kermanshahi Kurds (10-sdh)

Population: 1,000,000

Province and city you can visit: Kermanshah, Kermanshah

Description: These people are famous for their carpets. Their language is also called Southern Kurdi.

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نام گروه قومي : كردهاي كرمانشاهي

جمعيت : 1،000،000

استان و شهري كه شما مي توانيد ديدن كنيد :  كرمانشاه ، شهر كرمانشاه

توضيح : اين مردم براي فرشهايشان بسيار مشهور مي باشند. زبان اين مردم به زبان كردي جنوبي مشهور مي باشد.

Ethnic group name: Kurmanji Kurds (11-kmr, 27-kmr)

Population: 300,000

Province and city you can visit:  Khorasan, Quchan and West Azerbaijan, Orumiyeh

Description: Their language is also called Northern Kurdi. All of the Kurds in Khorasan are Kurmanji, and many are nomads.  They also live near Turkey.

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نام گروه قومي : كرد كرمانجي

جمعيت : 300،000

استان و شهري كه شما مي توانيد ديدن كنيد :

خراسان ، قوچان و آذربايجان غربي  ، اروميه

توضيح : زبان آنها را كردي شمالي نيز مي گويند. تمامي كردهاي ساكن در خراسان كرمانجي هستند ، و بسياري ازآنان كوچ نشين هستند. همچنين آنها در شمال غربي ايران نزديك كشور تركيه نيز زندگي مي كنند.

Ethnic group name: Khorasani Turks (Quchani) (kmz)

Population: 200,000

Province and city you can visit: Khorasan, Quchan

Description: They are descended from the Turkish Kingdom of Khorasan. The population may be much lower. Turks and Kurds live in Quchan. 

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نام گروه قومي : ترك خراساني(قوچاني)

جمعيت : 200،000

استان و شهري كه شما مي توانيد ديدن كنيد :

خراسان ، قوچان

توضيح : آنها توسط پادشاهان ترك به خراسان رانده شده اند. جمعيت آنان ممكن است كمتر از اين باشد. ترك ها و كرد ها در قوچان زندگي مي كنند.

Ethnic group name: Mazandarani       (mzn)

Population: 3,000,000

Province and city you can visit: Mazandaran, Sari

Description: Mazandarani is in the Persian language family. These people harvest some of the world’s finest caviar from the Caspian Sea.

This is our picture: YES Taken by tourists in 2005.

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نام گروه قومي : مازندراني

جمعيت : 3،000،000

استان و شهري كه شما مي توانيد ديدن كنيد :

مازندران ، ساري

توضيح : مازندراني از خانوادة زبان فارسي است. اين مردم يكي از بهترين خاويارهاي دنيا را از درياي خزر به دست مي آورند.

Ethnic group name: Gilaki (gil)

Population: 3,000,000

Province and city you can visit: Gilan, Rasht

Description: Gilaki language is closely related to Persian. Many Gilaki people grow rice and tea. 

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نام گروه قومي : گيلكي

جمعيت : 3،000،000

استان و شهري كه شما مي توانيد ديدن كنيد :

گيلان ، رشت

توضيح : زبان گيلكي به زبان فارسي نزديك است. بسياري از مردم گيلك برنج و چاي مي كارند.

Ethnic group name: Talysh (14-tly)

Population: 110,000 <