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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 6
Population: 4,819,350
Unreached people groups: 6
UPG population: 4,819,350
Unengaged UPGs: 2
UUPG population: 134,300
Number of countries: 4
Affinity Bloc: Persian-Median
Overview: The Luri-Bakhtiari people cluster encompasses two large ethnic groups of southwestern Iran. The Lurs are a mixture of aboriginal Indo-Iranian tribes; the Bakhtiari are an Iranian tribe of nomadic pastoralists. Several dialect subgroups of the Lurs are identified as distinct people groups, including the Kumzari of Oman.
Peoples within this cluster: Bakhtiari; Kumzari; Luri, Northern; Luri, Southern
Countries where they are found: Iran; Iraq; Oman; United States
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