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The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Northwestern part of ancient India, currently the Sindh region of modern-day Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Khatri (Vohra), and Gujarati peoples. Memon people speak the Memoni language as their first language. Some consider the Memon language to be a dialect of the Sindhi language. The Memon language shares vocabulary with the Sindhi language, Kutchi language and Gujarati language. Today, the Memon people are connected through globally recognized organisations such as the World Memon Organisation (WMO) and International Memon orgnisation (IMO). Sindhi Memons and Kutchi Memons are related ethnic groups

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  • Memon people (en)
  • شعب ميمون (ar)
  • Memons (ca)
  • Memons (fr)
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  • شعب الميمون هم تجار مسلمون من الجزء الغربي من جنوب آسيا، منهم الميمون هالاي والميمون كوتشي والميمون سندي.ولهم لغتهم الخاصة وتسمى لغة الميمون. والعديد منهم هاجروا إلى كراتشي بعد تقسيم الهند في عام 1947. (ar)
  • Els memons són una de les tres comunitats de comerciants del Gujarat (les altres són els bohores i els ). Haurien adoptat l'islam al segle xii i el seu nom derivaria de l'àrab mumin (creient) havent sorgit de les castes comerciants hindús dels kuchch i (de Kuchch i de Sind). Establerts inicialment a Surat van començar a emigrar a Bombai al final del segle xviii i en massa el 1813 després de la fam de Gujarat. El 1947 molts van emigrar al Pakistan i alguns són dels més rics de Karachi. La seva bandera de fet és verda amb l' blanca. (ca)
  • Le terme Memon, se réfère à une communauté de commerçants musulmans de la partie occidentale de l'Asie du Sud, y compris les . Il peut également se référer aux et aux . Leurs descendants parlent la langue memon. De nombreux memons ont émigré à Karachi après la partition de l'Inde en 1947 ; ils sont toutefois aujourd'hui répartis des deux côtés de la frontière indo-pakistanaise. (fr)
  • The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Northwestern part of ancient India, currently the Sindh region of modern-day Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Khatri (Vohra), and Gujarati peoples. Memon people speak the Memoni language as their first language. Some consider the Memon language to be a dialect of the Sindhi language. The Memon language shares vocabulary with the Sindhi language, Kutchi language and Gujarati language. Today, the Memon people are connected through globally recognized organisations such as the World Memon Organisation (WMO) and International Memon orgnisation (IMO). Sindhi Memons and Kutchi Memons are related ethnic groups (en)
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  • Memon People (en)
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