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African Ethnic Groups (Public Content)
Ethnic Groups of Africa
Map Creator: United States Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Africa Ethnic Groups
Data Source: Murdock, G. P. 1959. Africa, Its Peoples and Their Culture History. McGraw Hill.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This work is in the public domain in the United States under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Date Created: 1996
Map Description:
This map displays the ethnic groups of Africa as researched by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1996. Areas with large populations of two or more major ethnic groups have been represented with one feature being superimposed over the other as represented by the Shared Areas layer.
Please note that the classification presented does not reflect current scholarly consensus.
Source: Africa Ethnic Groups
Data Source: Murdock, G. P. 1959. Africa, Its Peoples and Their Culture History. McGraw Hill.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This work is in the public domain in the United States under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Date Created: 1996
Map Description:
This map displays the ethnic groups of Africa as researched by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1996. Areas with large populations of two or more major ethnic groups have been represented with one feature being superimposed over the other as represented by the Shared Areas layer.
Please note that the classification presented does not reflect current scholarly consensus.
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Iran: Linguistic Composition (Izady)
Linguistic Composition of Iran
Map Creator(s):
Dr. M. Izady
Source: Linguistic Composition of Iran
Data Source: Based on the works of Dr. M. Izady and on Atlas Narodov Mira by Bruk, S. and Apenchenko V. (Moscow, 1964)
Contact: izadym
yahoo.com
Copyright Status: May be used with permission from author.
Map Description:
A map showing the linguistic composition of Iran.
Please note that this map has many different layers, and that some of them overlap.
Note from legend:
Linguistic Data
Spoken as first language:
Remarks: Figures for 1964 are derived from Atlas narodov Mira (Moscow 1964), p.20. Figures for Peisan and Azeri include the speakers of all their dialects listed separately in the Atlas.
Figures for 2006 are extrapolated from similar cases where the society shows comparable rates of fast urbanization, education and wealth generation with more reliable and available data than Iran.
Many more people speak Persian as their first language today than did two generations ago. Heavy migration into the cities, mass education and electronic media have all helped in linguistic assimilation of many an Iranian minority member. While, e.g., around 19% of the Iranians are ethnic Azeris, only around 13% speak Azeri as their first language. Meanwhile, the percentage of those speaking Persian as their first language, may now be not much less than the 68% claimed by the Iranian census of 2001.
Source: Linguistic Composition of Iran
Data Source: Based on the works of Dr. M. Izady and on Atlas Narodov Mira by Bruk, S. and Apenchenko V. (Moscow, 1964)
Contact: izadym
yahoo.com
Copyright Status: May be used with permission from author.
Map Description:
A map showing the linguistic composition of Iran.
Please note that this map has many different layers, and that some of them overlap.
Note from legend:
Linguistic Data
Spoken as first language:
| % in 1964 | % in 2004 | |
| Persian | 51.4 | 63.3 |
| Azeri | 19.3 | 13 |
| Kurdish | 8.2 | 7 |
| Gilaki | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| Gilaki | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| Mazandarani | 4.6 | 3 |
| Baluchi | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Arabic | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Turkmeni | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Qashwa'i | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Raji | 1.2 | 1 |
| Others | 2.1 | 2 |
Remarks: Figures for 1964 are derived from Atlas narodov Mira (Moscow 1964), p.20. Figures for Peisan and Azeri include the speakers of all their dialects listed separately in the Atlas.
Figures for 2006 are extrapolated from similar cases where the society shows comparable rates of fast urbanization, education and wealth generation with more reliable and available data than Iran.
Many more people speak Persian as their first language today than did two generations ago. Heavy migration into the cities, mass education and electronic media have all helped in linguistic assimilation of many an Iranian minority member. While, e.g., around 19% of the Iranians are ethnic Azeris, only around 13% speak Azeri as their first language. Meanwhile, the percentage of those speaking Persian as their first language, may now be not much less than the 68% claimed by the Iranian census of 2001.
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