Maps of Persian
Afghanistan: Languages (Public Content)
Languages in Afghanistan
Map Creator(s):
Wikimedia users: Lokal_Profil; Le Behnam
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Data Source: Based on data from AIMS and this map from the National Atlas of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (Warsaw: Geokart Organization for Surveying and Cartography, 1985, ISBN 83-00-02327-5), p. 29.
Contact: Wikimedia user: Lokal_Profil
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Creative Commons
Date Created: 1-Mar-2009
Map Description:
Map showing the most frequently spoken language in each district in Afghanistan (Lokal_Profil).
District boundaries are approximate.
Other resources related to this project:
Dupree, L. (2006) Afghānistān: (iv.) Ethnography, in Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition.
Central Intelligence Agency. (2007) Afghanistan. The World Factbook.
The Asia Foundation. (2006) "A survey of the Afghan people - Afghanistan in 2006." Technical assistance by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS; India) and Afghan Center for Socio-economic and Opinion Research (ACSOR), Kabul.
ABC News/BBC/ARD. (2009) Afghanistan: Where Things Stand, pp. 38-40.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Data Source: Based on data from AIMS and this map from the National Atlas of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (Warsaw: Geokart Organization for Surveying and Cartography, 1985, ISBN 83-00-02327-5), p. 29.
Contact: Wikimedia user: Lokal_Profil
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Creative Commons
Date Created: 1-Mar-2009
Map Description:
Map showing the most frequently spoken language in each district in Afghanistan (Lokal_Profil).
District boundaries are approximate.
Other resources related to this project:
Dupree, L. (2006) Afghānistān: (iv.) Ethnography, in Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition.
Central Intelligence Agency. (2007) Afghanistan. The World Factbook.
The Asia Foundation. (2006) "A survey of the Afghan people - Afghanistan in 2006." Technical assistance by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS; India) and Afghan Center for Socio-economic and Opinion Research (ACSOR), Kabul.
ABC News/BBC/ARD. (2009) Afghanistan: Where Things Stand, pp. 38-40.
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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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