Dari, Zoroastrian

A language of Iran

ISO 639: gbz
Alternate Names: Dari, “Gabar” (pej.), “Gabri” (pej.), “Yazdi” (pej.)
Population: 8,000 (1999).
Location:: Kerman and Yazd provinces: settled communities.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund).
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Central Iran
Dialects: None known. Related to Parsi-Dari [prd] and Nâyini [nyq].
Language Use: Used by Persian Zoroastrians in personal communications as a private language. Shifted to Iranian Persian [pes].
Language Development: Literate in Persian [pes]. Dictionary. Texts.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Dari, Zoroastrian
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: 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.

Location: Kerman and Yazd provinces: settled communities.