Parsi-Dari
A language of Iran
| Population | 350,000 in Iran. Population total all countries: 700,000. |
| Region | Also in Afghanistan. |
| Alternate names | Parsee, Parsee-Dari, Parsi |
| Dialects | Reportedly not inherently intelligible with Parsi [prp] of India, Pakistan, and other countries, but linguistically and ethnically related. They diverged 600 to 700 years ago or more. Related to Dari [gbz]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Central Iran |
| Language use | Little use of other languages. |
| Writing system | Arabic script. |
| Comments | ‘Parsee’ is ethnic group name. Zoroastrian. |
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