Dari, Zoroastrian
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A language of Iran
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Dari, “Gabar” (pej.), “Gabri” (pej.), “Yazdi” (pej.)
Population
8,000 (1999).
Location
Kerman and Yazd provinces: settled communities.
Language Status
8a (Moribund).
Language Use
Used by Persian Zoroastrians in personal communications as a private language. Also use Iranian Persian [pes].
Language Development
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].
Different from Dari dialect of Eastern Farsi [prs] of Afghanistan, though both names refer to Darius, the ancient Persian Emperor (‘dar’ is Classical Persian for court). Many Zoroastrians speak Parsi-Dari and do not know Zoroastrian Dari [gbz]. Zoroastrian.