Maps of Talysh
Iran: Ethnoreligious Distribution (CIA)
Iran: Ethnoreligious Distribution
Map Creator(s):
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Source: Iran: Ethnoreligious Distribution in the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Contact: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection E-mail a question
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This image is a work of a Central Intelligence Agency employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a Work of the United States Government, all images created or made by the CIA are in the public domain, with the exception of classified information.
Date Created: 2004
Map Description: The map presents the distribution of ethnic groups in Iran, and the Sunni and Shia religious regions.
Source: Iran: Ethnoreligious Distribution in the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Contact: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection E-mail a question
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This image is a work of a Central Intelligence Agency employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a Work of the United States Government, all images created or made by the CIA are in the public domain, with the exception of classified information.
Date Created: 2004
Map Description: The map presents the distribution of ethnic groups in Iran, and the Sunni and Shia religious regions.
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Iran: Iranian Tongues
Iranian Tongues
Map Creator(s):
Wikimedia User: Fabienkhan
Source: Iranian Tongues
Data Source: Iranian languages in 2005
Contact: Wikipedia User: Fabienkhan
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Public Domain
Date Created: 22-05-2007
Map Description:
Map of Iranian languages.
Editor's note:
The visual representation of the area enitled Persian (edited) has been slightly modified. Please compare with the original map.
Source: Iranian Tongues
Data Source: Iranian languages in 2005
Contact: Wikipedia User: Fabienkhan
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Public Domain
Date Created: 22-05-2007
Map Description:
Map of Iranian languages.
Editor's note:
The visual representation of the area enitled Persian (edited) has been slightly modified. Please compare with the original map.
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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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