Pamiri people

Pamiris are a group of Iranian ethnic groups, who live mainly in the Badakhshan of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, Hunza and Chitral regions of Pakistan and the far western portion of Xinjiang in western China.^[9] They speak the Pamiri languages of the Iranian language family.^[10]

Pamiris

A Wakhi Pamiri girl photographed in Gojal, Pakistan.
Regions with significant populations
Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan)	135,000 (2000)[1]
Pakistan (Upper Hunza and Chitral)	74,605 (2016)[2][3]
Afghanistan (Badakhshan Province)	65,300 (2018)[4][5]
China (Xinjiang)	50,265 (2015)[6]
Russia	363 (2010)[7]
Languages
Pamir languages, Tajik language, Russian language, Mandarin Chinese
Religion
Mainly: Nizari Isma'ili Also: Sunnism[8]
Related ethnic groups
Other Iranian peoples

Ethnic groups

Following is the list of Pamiri ethnic groups:

• Wakhi people
• Shughni people
• Sarikoli people
• Mukhbani peoople

Related pages

• Tajik people
• Iranian people