Tajiks
Iranian ethnic group native to Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Iran
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Summary
Tajiks is an ethnic group[1]. Tajiks ranks in the top 2% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,507 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Tajik[3], Persian[4], Dari[5]
- Religion or worldview: Sunni Islam[6], Shia Islam[7]
- Subclass of: Iranian peoples[8], Central Asian people[9]
- Part of: Iranian peoples[10]
- Commons category: Tajiks[11]
- Has part(s): Farsiwan[12], Yaghnobi people[13], Pamiri people[14], Chagatai Tajiks[15], Kharduri people[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chinese Tajiks[17]
- Commons gallery: Tajiks[18]
- Described at URL: http://www.mar.umd.edu/assessment.asp?groupId=70003[19]
- Population: 16,000,000[20]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[24], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[25]
- Different from: Tajikistanis[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington[27]
Why It Matters
Tajiks has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Tajiks is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]