• PEOPLE CLUSTER: LURI-BAKHTIARI


QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 6

Population: 4,790,150

Unreached people groups: 6

UPG population: 4,790,150

Unengaged UPGs: 3

UUPG population: 135,150

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


People groups: 6

Population: 4,790,150

Unreached people groups: 6

UPG population: 4,790,150

Unengaged UPGs: 3

UUPG population: 135,150

Number of countries: 4