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Kumzari people
کومزاري | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Oman (Kumzar) | 5,000[1] |
 Iran | 500[2] |
| Languages | |
| Kumzari, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam[3] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Lurs, Shihuh | |
The Kumzari or Kumzar (کومزاري) are an Iranian ethnic group[citation needed] native to the Musandam peninsula in northern Oman. They speak the Kumzari language along with the Shihuh tribe who are Arabs unlike the Kumzar. They are traditional fisherman.[4]
- ^ https://multicast.aspra.uni-bamberg.de/resources/wowa/data/iranian/kumzari_musandam/wowa_iran_kumzari_musandam__metadata.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://multicast.aspra.uni-bamberg.de/resources/wowa/data/iranian/kumzari_musandam/wowa_iran_kumzari_musandam__metadata.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Rare language also under threat in Straits of Hormuz". 13 April 2012.
- ^ Lancaster, William; Lancaster, Fidelity (2011). Honour is in Contentment: Life Before Oil in Ras Al-Khaimah (UAE) and Some Neighboring Countries. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110223392.
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