Aimaq dialect

Aimaq (Persian: آیماقی‎‎) is a dialect of the Persian language spoken west of the Hazarajat (or Hazarastan), in central northwest Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Tajikistan. It is the dominant ethnolect of Persian spoken by the Aymāq people. It is very close to the Khorasani and Dari dialects. The Aimaq people are thought to have a 5-15% literacy rate.

Dialects

Subdialects of Aimaq include:

Phonology

Phonetically, as one of the eastern Persian dialects, Aimaq dialect resembles a formal or classical form of Persian (Farsi).

Vowels: