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Haltama عيلاميون | |
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 An Elamite woman from Susa | |
| Total population | |
| c. 3 Million (2015) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Elam | 2,402,610 |
| Languages | |
| Elamite, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Shia Islam (Twelver Jafarites) | |
The Elamites (Elamite: Haltama; Arabic: عيلاميون) are an ethnic group of about 3 million people, with the vast majority found in Elam and near its borders. They are a small minority group in Iran, where they are also native, but they are also found through their diaspora throughout the middle east. The Elamites are almost entirely Shia Muslims. Culturally, linguistically, and genetically, the Elamites are distinct from their Semitic and Indo-Iranian neighbours. Although most Elamites speak the Elamite language predominantly, many are bilingual in both Elamite and either Arabic or Persian, and a small minority are monolingual Arabic speakers.