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		The Kumzari are located in northern Oman at the northernmost part of the Musandam Peninsula.
		The Kumzari are primarily fishermen, although some also herd sheep and goats and grow date palms during the summer.
		Kumzari men construct the homes; conduct the agricultural activities; fish; collect honey; and shear, slaughter, and skin the animals.
	kcm.co.kr /bethany/remains/p_code5/20-1.html (772 words)

	Kumzari (GlobalParse.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Speakers are descendants of fishermen that inhabited the coast of Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea.
		Despite the fact that it is spoken by the Persian Gulf fishermen, its phonology bears closer resemblance with the dialects of Persia (Fars) proper and is thought to be mutually understandable by the speakers of Luri.
		The number of Kumzari speakers is estimated at less than 10,000 native speakers, although the members of the tribe number at ca.
	forum.globalparse.com /ar/t5719.htm (232 words)

	Oman - ninemsn Encarta
		Three more popular forms of Arabic are spoken, the most widespread being Omani Spoken Arabic, which is a mother tongue for around 720,000 people.
		As well as these and other Semitic languages (including Jibbali), a few Indo-Iranian languages are used, namely Southern Baluchi, Western Farsi, Luwati, and Kumzari.
		The national educational programme expanded rapidly during the 1970s and the 1980s; in 2000–2001 316,889 students attended primary schools while some 254,496 were enrolled at secondary schools.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561099_2/Oman.html (404 words)

	Iranica.com - BANDARI
		Idem, "Kumzari jazyk/dialekt" (The Kumza@ri language/dialect), ibid., pp.
		Idem, "Languages of Southeast Iran: La@resta@ni, Kumza@ri, Baækardi," in Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, Wiesbaden, 1989, pp.
		Thomas, "The Kumzari dialect of the Shihuh tribe, Arabia, and a vocabulary," Asiatic Society Monographs, XXI, London, 1930.
	www.iranica.com /newsite/articles/sup/Bandari.html (1702 words)

	Kumzari language
		This is the only Iranian language spoken in the Arabian Peninsula.
		Kumzaris can also be found in towns of Dibah and Khasab, as well as various villages and the Larak Island.
		The language is not written and possesses no literature corpus.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Kumzari (204 words)

	HORMUZ - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Situated at the north end of the Musandam peninsular the village of Kumzar is hemmed in by mountains but for centuries has maintained a seafaring presence in the area providing sailors for amongst others the Portuguese during the 16th century.
		The Kumzari dialect is quite unique and has been studied by a few individuals, in particular Bertram Thomas.
		There is an aerial view of the village which may take some time to upload and a commentary from Ruy Freyre, at the time the Portuguese were attempting to retake Hormuz and forts in the Musandam that they had lost to the Persians.
	www.dataxinfo.com /hormuz/intro.htm (388 words)

	Sightseeing in Oman? You Mustn't Miss the Smugglers
		He estimates that for a good month he can clear as much as $10,000.
		Kumzari said he still longed for the stability of a government job, but they were not hiring.
		As he described his workday, which consists largely of supervising others for a few hours and making a few phone calls, he stopped, as if suddenly struck by a revelation.
	agonist.org /node/2309/print (936 words)

	The Ambassadors - FEATURES [Oman] - Vol.3, Issue 2 (July 2000)
		The land mass of Kumzar which is sandwiched between the mountains and sea has a small isolated population (around 2000 people) with uniqueness of native language, their customs and their lifestyle in general.
		The Kumzari language is a hotchpotch of Arabic, Portuguese, Persian, Hindi and English.
		Many Kumzari girls dream to become doctors, nurses and teachers and to play an active role in the development of their community.
	ambassadors.net /archives/issue8/feature.htm (2620 words)

	Idioma kumzari - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
		El idioma kumzari es un idioma de la familia de lenguas iranias hablado por los miembros de la tribu shihuh en la costa de Kumzar, en la península de Musandam, al norte de Omán.
		El kumzari es hablado también en las ciudades de Dibah y Khasab, así como varias villas y en la isla Larak.
		El número de hablantes de kumzari se estima en menos de 10.000 hablantes nativos, a pesar que los miembros de la tribu ronda en 21.000 miembros (estimación del 2000).
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Idioma_kumzari (254 words)

	FT.com / Arts & weekend / Travel - Round the bend in Musandam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Filling the mouth of a coastal wadi, the village is hemmed in by sheer cliffs.
		These prospering fisher folk are proud of their unique Kumzari language, a blend of Arabic and Farsi, and visitors are welcomed.
		But there is so little spare land that the dead are buried beneath their houses.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/ece1e910-4a10-11db-8738-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=ab1b188c-3687-11da-bedc-00000e2511c8,print=yes.html (901 words)

	Telegraph \| Travel \| Mists of time
		At some stage, this vast, multi-layered cake of pink and orange limestone had collapsed, leaving the impression of fjords.
		Musandam was also the last refuge of the Arabian leopard, cave-dwellers and a strange mongrel language called Kumzari, made up of Portuguese, Arabic and Persian.
		Visiting the peninsula had only become possible in the past 10 years, and our hotel was so new the waiters hadn't yet worked out the corkscrew.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2005/09/20/etoman20.xml&page=5 (227 words)

	Pinaki Chakravarty
		With its back to the mountain and looking out towards Iran — barely 50km ahead — Kumzar is a bit of a cultural oddity.
		Its residents speak Kumzari, an Arabic dialect made up of Farsi, Portuguese and Hindi, hinting at influences from all sides of the sea.
		Kumzar has so little breathing space between mountain and sea that its 3-5,000 residents share the dubious distinction of living in Oman’s most densely populated settlement.
	www.pinaki.info /om_md_batil.htm (165 words)

	Tajikistan Online Forum: PERSIAN DIALECTS: TAJIKI
		Other more distantly related languages of this group include Kordi/Kurdish, spoken in Iran, Turkey, Iraq and Syria; and Baluchi, spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
		Persian : Dari (spoken in Afghanistan) is : often called Tajik by Russian : linguists.
		: : : : LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION : Tajik is a subgroup of West Iranian : languages that include the closely : related to Persian languages of : New-Perian and Dari; the less : closely related languages of : Lori/Luri, Bakhtiari, and Kumzari; : and the non-Persian dialects of Fars : Province.
	members.boardhost.com /tajikistan/msg/1160028486.html (3180 words)

	MavicaNET - Idioma persa (persiano)
		Ali Banuazizi's foreword and interview with the author sets the stage for a fuller appreciation of this invaluable and wide-ranging contribution to Iranian intellectual history.
		Persian is a subgroup of West Iranian languages that include the closely related Persian languages of Dari and Tajik; the less closely related languages of Luri, Bakhtiari, and Kumzari; and the non-Persian dialects of Fars Province.
		Other more distantly related languages of this group include Kurdish, spoken in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran; and Baluchi, spoken in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/spa/1260.html (412 words)

	LETTERS
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		Regarding the article about Women of Oman in The Ambassadors Magazine (http://ambassadors.net/archives/issue8/feature.htm) which mentions that "The Kumzari language is a hotchpotch of Arabic, Portuguese, Persian, Hindi and English," I think it is being 1) belittling to the people of Musandam and 2) linguistically INCORRECT!
		The classification--or lineage--of Kumzari is from Indo-European to Indo-Iranian to Iranian to Western Iranian to Southwestern Iranian to Luri to Kumzari.
	ambassadors.net /archives/issue16/letters.htm (1157 words)

	Musandam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Musandam peninsula is an exclave region of Oman that is separated from the rest of the country by the United Arab Emirates.
		In the northern section of Musandam the current language is Kumzari, which is one of the south-western Iranian languages and a sub-branch of Persian.
		The Musandam Peninsula has an area of 1,635 square kilometers and a population of 28,263 people.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Musandam (97 words)

	iranian.com: Guive Mirfendereski, Wordplay
		The islands off the Oman coast, which the Arabs call Salama and her two daughters, the Portuguese re-named Quoins, because they looked like the coin (wedge) that was used to hold in place the cranked up guns on board a ship.
		The Persian-Shihuh inhabitants of Kumzar, who inhabited these islands, called Great Quoin and Little Quoin as Mumar and Didamar, respectively, which meant “mother” and “daughter” islands in Kumzari.
		Didamar had another name, Shanaku, in which ku was mountain and shana may have referred to a floating or swimming rock.
	www.iranian.com /GuiveMirfendereski/2005/August/Wordplay/index.html (2679 words)

	MavicaNET - Lingua tagica
		The policy considerations behind that decision were rather progressive, such as to bring Tajik closer to the achievements of developed Western civilisation.
		Tajik is a subgroup of West Iranian languages that include the closely related Persian languages of Farsi and Dari; the less closely related languages of Luri, Bakhtiari, and Kumzari; and the non-Persian dialects of Fars Province.
		Other more distantly related languages of this group include Kurdish, spoken in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran; and Baluchi, spoken in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/ita/1253.html (181 words)

	Al Shindagah
		Time-honoured poetry of the Kumzari, Shihuh and Arab
		no interest in the Kumzari except as flat objects.
		is quietly observing and interacting with the Kumzari
	www.alshindagah.com /dec97/passage.htm (1714 words)

	.: Farsi - Persian Freelance Translations :.
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		Persian (Farsi) is a subgroup of West Iranian languages that include the closely related Persian languages of Dari and Tajik; the less closely related languages of Luri, Bakhtiari and Kumzari; and the non-Persian dialects of Fars Province.
		Farsi (Persian) Freelance is the website of Rahi S. Moosavi, a full time freelance translator with more than 15 years of background in fields of engineering, industry, commerce and law.
	www.farsi-freelance.com (159 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code:zum
		Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Oman > Kumzari
		Spoken only on the Musandam Peninsula of northern Oman.
		This web edition of the Ethnologue contains all the content of the print edition and may be cited as:
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=zum (41 words)

	Repairman Jack Message Board - Basic RJ Questions From The New Guy
		It's no fun just reading books like Robert Redford's character "Condor".
		If it's action he's after, he should consider changing that Japanese to Farsi, Dari, Tajik, Luri, Bakhtiari, Kumzari, Kurdish, Baluchi, Pushto, Ossete, Caucusus, Yaghnobi, Old Persian, Avestanor, or even Chinese (Mandarin preferred over Cantonese).
		Also, don't worry about the weapons training you have done with him.
	www.repairmanjack.com /forum/printthread.php?t=1255&page=3&pp=10 (382 words)

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