Parsi
A language of India
| Population | 151,000 in India (2000). Population total all countries: 326,000. |
| Region | Gujarat; Maharashtra. Also in China, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States. |
| Alternate names | Parsee |
| Dialects | Parsi reportedly not inherently intelligible with Parsi-Dari [prd], from whom they separated 600 to 700 years ago. Other reports say they came to India 1300 years ago. Related to Zoroastrian Dari [gbz] in Iran. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Central Iran |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 90% in English. Most are well educated. |
| Comments | ‘Parsee’ is ethnic group name. Distinct from Parsi, a dialect of Gujarati [guj]. Zoroastrian. |
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