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Ethnic groups in the Middle East

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Ethnic groups in the Middle East are ethnolinguistic groupings in the "transcontinental" region that is commonly a geopolitical term designating the intercontinental region comprising West Asia (including Cyprus) without the South Caucasus, and also comprising Egypt in North Africa. The Middle East has historically been a crossroad of different cultures and languages. Since the 1960s, the changes in political and economic factors (especially the enormous oil wealth in the region and conflicts) have significantly altered the ethnic composition of groups in the region. While some ethnic groups have been present in the region for millennia, others have arrived fairly recently through immigration. The largest ethnic groups in the region are Arabs, Turks, Persians, Kurds, and Azerbaijanis but there are dozens of other ethnic groups that have hundreds of thousands, and sometimes millions of members.

Other indigenous, religious, or minority ethnic groups include: Antiochians, Armenians, Assyrians, Arameans in the Qalamoun Mountains, Baloch, Copts, Druze, Gilaks, Greeks (including Cypriots and Pontians), Jews, Kawliya, Laz, Lurs, Mandaeans, Maronites, Mazanderanis, Mhallami, Nawar, Samaritans, Shabaks, Talysh, Tats, Yazidis and Zazas.

Diaspora ethnic groups living in the region include: Albanians, Bengalis, Britons, Bosniaks, Chechens, Chinese, Circassians, Crimean Tatars, Filipinos, French people, Georgians, Indians, Indonesians, Italians, Malays, Malayali, Pakistanis, Pashtuns, Punjabis, Romanians, Romani, Serbs, Sikhs, Sindhis, Somalis, Sri Lankans, Turkmens, and sub-Saharan Africans.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of the Middle East

CountriesDemographicsBahrainCyprusEgyptIranIraqIsraelJordanKuwaitLebanonOmanPalestineQatarSaudi ArabiaSyriaTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesYemen
Ethnic groups in Bahrain
Ethnic groups in Cyprus
Ethnic groups in Egypt
Ethnic groups in Iran
Ethnic groups in Iraq
Ethnic groups in Israel
Ethnic groups in Jordan
Ethnic groups in Kuwait
Ethnic groups in Lebanon
Ethnic groups in Oman
Ethnic groups in Palestine
Ethnic groups in Qatar
Ethnic groups in Saudi Arabia
Ethnic groups in Syria
Ethnic groups in Turkey
Ethnic groups in the United Arab Emirates
Ethnic groups in Yemen

Middle East

;Egyptians

  • Copts ;Arabs

  • Arabs in Turkey

  • Iranian Arabs

  • Israeli Arabs ;Sub-Saharan Africans

  • Afro-Arabs

  • Ethiopian Jews

  • Nubians

  • Sudanese in Israel

;Jews

  • Israeli Jews
  • Ashkenazi Jews
  • Ethiopian Jews
  • Mizrahi Jews
  • Sephardi Jews
  • Yemenite Jews

;Samaritans

;Aramaic-speaking peoples

  • Arameans
    • Arameans in Israel
  • Assyrians
    • Assyrians in Armenia
    • Assyrians in Georgia
    • Assyrians in Iran
    • Assyrians in Iraq
    • Assyrians in Israel
    • Assyrians in Jordan
    • Assyrians in Lebanon
    • Assyrians in Syria
    • Assyrians in Turkey
  • Mandaeans
  • Maronites

;Indo-European peoples

  • Albanians
    • Albanians in Egypt
    • Albanians in Syria
  • Armenians
    • Armenians in the Middle East
    • Armenians in Egypt
    • Armenians in Iran
    • Armenians in Iraq
    • Armenians in Israel
    • Armenians in Lebanon
    • Armenians in Syria
    • Armenians in Turkey
  • Greeks
    • Greek Cypriots
    • Greeks in Egypt
    • Greeks in Israel
    • Greeks in Lebanon
    • Greeks in Syria
  • Iranian peoples
    • Ajam of Bahrain
    • Ajam of Iraq
  • Kurds
    • Shabaks
    • Yazidis
  • Italians
    • Levantines
    • Italian Egyptians
    • Italians in Lebanon
  • Romani
    • Dom
    • Kawliya
    • Nawar–Romani people in Syria
    • Romani people in Egypt

;Turkic peoples

  • Azerbaijanis
  • Iraqi Turkmen
  • Syrian Turkmen
  • Turks in Egypt
  • Turks in Israel
  • Turks in Jordan
  • Turks in Lebanon

Anatolia

Main article: Ethnic groups of Turkey

Ethnic map of Asia Minor and Caucasus in 1914

;Indo-European peoples

  • Armenians in Turkey
  • Bosniaks in Turkey
  • Greeks in Turkey
  • Cappadocian Greeks
  • Pontic Greeks
  • Levantines
  • Pomaks in Turkey
  • Iranian peoples
  • Kurds in Turkey
  • Romani
    • Dom
    • Romani people in Turkey
  • Zazas ;Kartvelian peoples
  • Georgians in Turkey
  • Laz people in Turkey ;Semites
  • Arabs in Turkey
  • Assyrians in Turkey
  • Jews in Turkey ;Turkic peoples
  • Azerbaijanis in Turkey
  • Crimean Tatars in Turkey
  • Gagauz people
  • Turks ;Muhacir
  • Muslims from the Caucasus (Peoples of the Caucasus in Turkey)
  • Muslims from the Balkans (mainly Albanians, Bosniaks, and Pomaks)

Cyprus

  • Armenians in Cyprus
  • Greek Cypriots
  • Maronite Cypriots
  • Turkish Cypriots

Iranian Plateau

Main article: Ethnicities in Iran

Geographic distribution of modern [[Iranian languages

;Indo-European peoples:

  • Armenians in Iran
  • Iranian peoples
    • Persians
  • Baloch
  • Kurds in Iran
    • Feylis
    • Kaka'is
    • Kurds of Khorasan
    • Laks
  • Gilaks
  • Lurs
  • Mazanderanis
  • Talysh
  • Tats ;Kartvelian peoples:
  • Georgians in Iran ;Semites:
  • Arabs in Iran
  • Assyrians in Iran
  • Jews in Iran
    • Persian Jews
  • Mandaeans ;Turkic peoples:
  • Azerbaijanis in Iran
  • Qashqai
  • Turkmen in Iran

Diaspora populations

Because of the low population of many of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf and the demand for labor created by the large discoveries of oil in these countries there has been a steady stream of immigration to the region (mainly from South Asia). Ethnic groups which comprise the largest portions of this immigration include Afghans, Albanians, Armenians, Bengalis, Bosniaks, Britons, Chinese, Filipinos, Greeks, Indians, Indonesians, Italians, Malays, Nepalis, Pakistanis, Punjabis, Sikhs, Sindhis, Somalis, Sri Lankans, and Sub-Saharan Africans. Many of these people are denied certain political and legal rights in the countries in which they live and frequently face mistreatment by the native-born citizens of the host countries.

References

References

  1. (21 September 2023). "The Middle East".
  2. "Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures".
  3. (17 October 2011). "Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East: An Encyclopedia". Abc-Clio.
  4. (1960). "اثرنا في الايقليم السوري".
  5. "Western Neo-Aramaic The Dialect of Jubaadin". Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  6. "…The city of Jubaadin in Syria, which is close to Maaloula, is inhabited by Aramaic-speaking people who are Syriac Arameans…", translated quote from the Arabic book (Atlas of Religions) معلولا السريان
  7. The Semitic Heritage of Northwest Syria, p. 271
  8. "…Maaloula Syriacs have maintained their Syriac identity since ancient times, and there is ample evidence of their Syriac heritage, especially in Maaloula, Ain Tineh, Bakhah, and Jubaadin…", translated quote from the book إلياس أنطون نصر الله في معلولا, p. 45
  9. "Hilfe für das Aramäerdorf Maaloula e.V. | an aid project in Syria".
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