Diversity of the Arabs, Persians, and Kurds

The Arabs

Arabs• Arab people are also known as

Arabs, Arabic, and Arabians are a panethnic group primarily inhabiting Western Asia and North Africa.

• They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds,with tribal affiliations

Persians

Persians• Besides modern Iran Persia ethnic Persians are also found in Central Asia Afghanistan,Tajikistan, Uzbekistan where they are usually called Tajiks and Farsiwans as well as in Southern Iraq Babylonia a region which has been historically an integral part of Persia

• The origin of the ethnic Iranian people Persian people are traced to the Ancient Iranian people, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of the greater Indo-European linguistic family.

The Kurds

The Kurds• They are classified as an Iranian people and

they speak the Kurdish language, which is a member of the Iranian branch of Indo-European languages. The Kurds number about 30 million, the majority living in West Asia, with significant Kurdish diaspora communities in the cities of western Turkey, in Armenia, Georgia, Israel, Azerbaijan, Russia, Lebanon and, in recent decades, some European countries and the United States.

• The Kurds have had partial autonomy in Iraqi Kurdistan since 1991. Nationalist movements in the other Kurdish-populated countries Turkey, Syria, Iran push for Kurdish regional autonomy or the creation of a sovereign state.

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By Kevin coats