The Bashkardi people are an Iranian ethnic group that speak the Bashkardi language in southeastern Iran. The Bashkardi people practice Islam and have an approximate population from 8,700 to 35,000.[1][2]

Geographical distribution

The Bashkardi people primarily live in villages in the mountains near Bashagard County in Hormozgan Province.[2] Ilya Gershevitch, expert on Iran, published "Travels in Bashkardia" in the Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society in 1959.[3]

References

  1. Document. "Population of the Bashkardis". www.halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr.
  2. 1 2 "Molkigal-barbera-0389 | Endangered Languages Archive".
  3. Ilya Gershevitch. "Travels in Bashkardia", Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society 46, 1959, pp. 213-25
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