#persian languages

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Distribution of Persian languages in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan

Note: Due to the lack of reliable data this map shall be taken with a grain of salt. This map includes all Persian languages (Farsi, Lufi, Luri, Tajiki, Khorasani, Kabuli etc.). Areas populated with a non-Persian speaking majority, sparesly populated areas and areas outside Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan (and Bahrain) are shown in white.

by hunmapper

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Hey everyone,

Today I'll be sharing a few facts about a few countries...

Kazakh and Russian aren't similar languages

Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Azeri and Tuvan are Turkic Languages!!!

Which means they evolved from Proto-Turkic

Though all of them are Turkic languages, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uzbek aren't mutually intelligible with Turkish

Turkmen and Azeri are really close to Turkish and are sometimes considered dialects of Turkish

Fun fact: Turkish is actually written in the Latin script, as the Arabic script doesn't have vowels to fit Turkish, Turkish is softer and has a lot more vowels..

All of these countries except Turkey, were ruled by U.S.S.R

Azeri and Turkmen have moved towards the Latin script

Before Cyrillic, all of these were written in Latin Script, and Arabic before that

Arabic was used till 1920's

Latin from 1920-1940

Cyrillic from 1940's

Though the official script of Written Uzbek is Latin, the people still use Cyrillic the most

Kazakh is also moving Towards the Latin Script

Tajik:-

Some of you may ask me which family does this belong to then

Tajik is a Persian Dialect, so hence it's an Iranian-Persian Language

Countries that have moved/are moving towards Latin Script

Azerbaijan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan

As Kyrgyzstan has a very low economy, shifting scripts would increase the problem

This is how these languages would be written in Cyrillic

Қазақша, Ӯзбекча, Қырғызча, Азери, Туркмен

This is the same in Latin

Qazaqşa, Ózbekça, Kirğizça, Azeri Turkmençe

Thanks for Reading

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Facts about the Persian Language

Persian: 'Farsi' is the native name for the Persian languages spoken in Iran (Persia), Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and some other parts of the Caucasus and Central Asia (Ossetians speak Ossetic, which is a branch of Persian). Recently, as a misunderstanding in some Western countries, the word "Farsi" has been wrongly understood as a supposedly new language and not as the native name for the Persian language. There are over 75 million native speakers. It belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is of the Subject Object Verb type. This learning Farsi page provides a variety of recommended resources for learning Persian, rss feeds, videos, and the latest news available.