Alternate Names: Barbari, Berberi, Chahar-Aimaq, Char Aimaq
Dialects: Chinghizi, Firozkohi, Jamshidi (Djamchidi, Dzhemshid, Jamshedi, Yemchidi), Maliki, Mizmast, Taimani, Taimuri (Taimouri, Teimuri, Timuri), Zainal, Zohri (Zuri). Dialect names could well be ethnic names, probably dialect of Dari ,, at least Jamshidi is not much different from the Herati dialect of Dari.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 480,000 in Afghanistan (1993). Population total all countries: 650,000.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Afghanistan
Other Comments: Muslim (Hanafi Sunni).