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Iranian peoplesIranian peoples are peoples who speak an Iranian language and/or belong to the Iranian stock. Iranian peoples in history included: *Persians *Medes *Parthians, ''(Parni)'' *Cimmerians *Scythians *Sarmatians ''(including Rhoxolani, Iazyges)'' *Bactrians *Khwarezmians *Alans *Serbs ''(later slavicized)'' *Croats ''(later slavicized)'' *Bulgars ''(with altaic admixture, later slavicized)'' *Saka *Sogdians *Massagetae Iranian peoples in modern times include: *Persians *Kurds *Azeris (''later altaicized''), Arran (Azerbaijan)is *Baluchis *Pashtuns ''(Afghans)'' *Lur *Tajik *Tati *Talyshi *Zaza *Ossetians Iranian peoples and their language is Aryan. The name Iran in fact is a cognate of Aryan meaning the "Land of Aryans". Aryans (Indo-Iranians) are a branch of the Indo-European peoples. Most of the Iranian peoples live today in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, western and northern Pakistan, Caucasus and Kurdish areas. ==External links== *[http://home.btconnect.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/Zarathushtrian/Oric.Basirov/origin_of_the_iranians.htm The Origin of the Pre-Imperial Iranian Peoples] * [http://www.parstimes.com/Iranians.html The Iranian people around the world] Iran Iranian peoples Iranian peoplesThis category is based on linguistics, not genetics. In other words, it incorporates people from diverse genetic backgrounds who speak a related group of languages. Some of these groups, such as the Mountain Jews and the Hazara, are in part or in whole descended from non-Iranian peoples. Their inclusion here is as a result of their linguistic affiliation. Ethnic groups of Asia Eurasian nomads See other meanings of words starting from letter: IIA | IB | IC | ID | IE | IF | IG | IH | IJ | IK | IL | IM | IN | IO | IP | IR | IS | IT | IU | IW | IX | IY | IZ |Words begining with Iranian_peoples: Iranian_peoples Iranian_peoples |
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