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
Settled communities in Yazd and Kerman provinces.
Language Status
8a (Moribund).
Language Use
Used by Persian Zoroastrians in personal communications as a private language. Also use Iranian Persian [pes].
Language Resources
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.