![]() Regions where Iranic languages are spoken | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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![]() | 18.99% of population[4] |
![]() | 1,544,700[5] |
![]() | 7%–10% of population[6][7] |
![]() | 15–20% of population[8][9] |
![]() | 760.536[10] |
![]() | 143,300[11] |
Languages | |
Iranic languages (a branch of the Indo-European languages) | |
Religion | |
Predominately: Islam (Sunni, Shia and Alevi) Minorities: Christianity (Eastern Orthodoxy, Nestorianism, Catholicism and Protestantism), Judaism, Baháʼí Faith, Yazidism, Yarsanism, Zoroastrianism, Assianism (Historically also: Manichaeism and Buddhism) |
The Iranic peoples also sometimes called Iranian peoples, are a ethno-linguistic group who speak Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European languages.
Modern Iranian peoples include: The Azerbaijanis, Balochs, Kurds, Lurs, Mazanderanis, Ossetians, Tats, Tajiks, Talyshs, Zazas, Pashtuns, Pamiris, Persians, Yaghnobis, Wakhis, and Gilaks.
Historical Iranic peoples include the; Alans, Scythians,[12] Dahae, Sakas,[13] Medes, Bactrians, Sogdians,[14] Sarmatians, Parthians, Khwarezmians,[15] Cimmerians,[16] and Daylamites.