Tajiks

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Tajiks comprise about 80 percent of the population of Tajikistan. Tajiks also live in several other countries in Central Asia. Tajiks primarily live in rural areas. Commercialized growing of cotton is the dominant agricultural activity. Tajiks are Sunni Muslims. The dialect of Farsi that the Tajiks speak is mutually intelligible with Persian of Iran and Dari of Afghanistan.

Identifier

Region

• Asia

Subregion

• Central Asia

Subsistence Type

• not assigned

Countries

• Afghanistan
• Kazakhstan
• Tajikistan