<P> Each existing community is primarily endogamous, and subsists traditionally on a variety of commercial or service activities . Formerly, all or a majority of their members were itinerant, and this largely holds true today . Migration generally takes place within the political boundaries of a single state these days . </P> <P> Each of the peripatetic communities is multilingual; it speaks one or more of the languages spoken by the local sedentary populations, and, additionally, within each group, a separate dialect or language is spoken . The latter are either of Indic or Iranian origin, and many are structured somewhat like an argot or secret language, with vocabularies drawn from various languages . There are indications that in northern Iran at least one community speaks Romani language, and some groups in Turkey also speak Romani . </P> <P> In Afghanistan, the Nausar worked as tinkers and animal dealers . Ghorbat men mainly made sieves, drums, and bird cages, and the women peddled these as well as other items of household and personal use; they also worked as moneylenders to rural women . Peddling and the sale of various goods was also practiced by men and women of various groups, such as the Jalali, the Pikraj, the Shadibaz, the Noristani, and the Vangawala . The latter and the Pikraj also worked as animal dealers . Some men among the Shadibaz and the Vangawala entertained as monkey or bear handlers and snake charmers; men and women among the Baluch were musicians and dancers, and Baluch women also practiced prostitution . Jogi men and women had diverse subsistence activities, such as dealing in horses, harvesting, fortune - telling, bloodletting, and begging . </P> <P> In Iran the Asheq of Azerbaijan, the Challi of Baluchistan, the Luti of Kurdistan, Kermānshāh, Īlām, and Lorestān, the Mehtar in the Mamasani district, the Sazandeh of Band - i Amir and Marv - dasht, and the Toshmal among the Bakhtyari pastoral groups worked as professional musicians . The men among the Kowli worked as tinkers, smiths, musicians, and monkey and bear handlers; they also made baskets, sieves, and brooms and dealt in donkeys . Their women made a living from peddling, begging, and fortune - telling . </P>

Which of these early american civilizations was largely nomadic