Aimaq
Spoken in	Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Region	Central Asia
Total speakers	1,620,000[1]
Language family	Indo-European Aimaq
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	–
ISO 639-3	aiq
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Aimaq is a dialect of the Persian language subgroup spoken west of the Hazarajat, in central northwest Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Tajikistan. It is the dominant dialect of Persian spoken by the Aymāq people. It is very close to Khorasan Farsi and Dari.^[2] The Aimaq people are thought to have a 5-15% literacy rate.^[3]

Subdialects of Aimaq include:

• Chinghizi
• Firozkohi
• Jamshidi (also known as: Jamshedi, Djamchidi, Yemchidi, or Dzhemshid)
• Maliki
• Mizmast
• Taimani
• Taimuri (also known as: Teimuri, Timuri, or Taimouri)
• Zainal
• Zohri (also known as: Zuri)

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• Clifton, John M. (ed.) (2005) Studies in languages of Tajikistan North Eurasia Group, SIL International, St Petersburg, Russia, OCLC 122939499

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