Ethnic groups in West Asia: Information from Answers.com

The ethnic groups in West Asia fall into several categories:

The Middle East proper is dominated by the Arabs. There are various other ethnic groups, the Iranian peoples (primarily the Kurds), Turkic peoples (such as the Syrian and Iraqi Turkmens), Assyrians, and Jews (notably Israelis).
Iran is mostly populated by Persians alongside a large minority of Turkic peoples (notably the Azerbaijanis), Kurds, Arabs and other minorities such as Armenians and Assyrians.
Anatolia is mostly populated by Turks, besides minorities (notably Kurds).
Cyprus is populated by mainly by Greek- and Turkish-speaking Cypriots.
The Caucasus has many ethnicities, see peoples of the Caucasus.

1 Arabian peninsula, the Levant and Mesopotamia
2 Anatolia
3 Caucasus
4 Central Asia
5 Cyprus
6 Iran
7 See also

Arabian peninsula, the Levant and Mesopotamia

Ethnic groups of the Levant, Mesopotamia and the Arabian peninsula.

Semitic-speaking peoples
- Arabs/Arabic-speaking peoples
  - Bedouin
  - Druze
  - Egyptians
  - Iraqis
  - Lebanese
  - Madan
  - Palestinians
  - Qara
  - Arabic-speaking Christians
  - Arabic or Judeo-Arabic speaking Jews
    - Mizrahi Jews
- Hebrew-speaking peoples
  - Israelis
- Aramaic-speaking people
  - Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people

Indo-European-speaking peoples
- Indo-Iranian-speaking peoples
  - Persians
    - The ʿAjam of Bahrain
  - Kurds

Altaic-speaking peoples
- Turkic peoples
  - Iraqi Turkmens
  - Syrian Turkmen

Anatolia

Main article: Ethnic groups of Turkey

Ethnic groups of Anatolia (Asiatic Turkey).

Altaic-speaking peoples
- Turkic peoples

Indo-European-speaking peoples
- Greek-speaking peoples
  - Greeks in Turkey
- Armenians
  - Armenians in Turkey
- Indo-Iranian-speaking peoples
  - Kurds
  - Zazas

Semitic-speaking peoples
- Arabic-speaking peoples
  - Arabs in Turkey
- Aramaic-speaking people
  - Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people

Caucasus

Main article: Peoples of the Caucasus

Further information: Languages of the Caucasus

Ethnic groups of the Caucasus.

Native Caucasians
- Northwest Caucasian peoples
  - Abazins
  - Abkhaz
  - Adyghe
  - Cherkes
  - Kabardin
- Northeast Caucasian peoples
  - Batsbi
  - Chechens
  - Ingush
  - (Caucasian) Avars
- South Caucasian peoples
  - Georgians
  - Laz

Indo-European-speaking peoples
- Indo-Iranian-speaking peoples
  - Ossetians
  - Talysh
  - Tats
- Armenians
- Slavic-speaking peoples
  - Russian people

Altaic-speaking peoples
- Turkic peoples
  - Azeris
  - Balkars
  - Karachays
  - Kumyks
  - Meskhetian Turks
  - Nogais
  - Tatars
  - Trukhmens
- Mongolic-speaking peoples
  - Kalmyks

Central Asia

Altaic-speaking peoples
- Turkic peoples
  - Karakalpaks
  - Kazakhs
  - Kyrgyz
  - Tatars
  - Turkmens
  - Uyghurs
  - Uzbeks

Sinitic-speaking peoples
- Chinese Muslims
  - Dungans
  - Hui people

Indo-European-speaking peoples
- Indo-Iranian-speaking peoples
  - Pashtuns
  - Tajiks
- Slavic-speaking peoples
  - Russian people

Cyprus

Further information: Ethnic groups of Cyprus

Ethnic groups of Cyprus.

Indo-European-speaking peoples
- Greek-speaking peoples
  - Greek Cypriots

Altaic-speaking peoples
- Turkic-speaking peoples
  - Turkish Cypriots

Semitic-speaking peoples
- Arabic-speaking peoples
  - Maronite Arabs

Iran

Ethnic groups in Iran

Main article: Demographics of Iran

Ethnic groups of Iran.

Indo-European-speaking peoples
- Indo-Iranian-speaking peoples
- Armenians

Altaic-speaking peoples
- Turkic peoples
  - Azeris (see: Iranian Azeris)
  - Turkmens
  - Qashqai

Semitic-speaking peoples
- Arabic-speaking peoples
  - Iranian Arabs
- Aramaic-speaking people
  - Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people

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