This document discusses the languages spoken in Iran and Azerbaijan. It begins by explaining that Persian, also known as Farsi, is the predominant language in Iran and part of the larger Iranian language family within the Indo-European languages. It then discusses how the name Azerbaijan comes from ancient Persian/Middle Persian terms and how the region's population was originally Iranian and Caucasian peoples who later adopted Turkic languages. The document explores the debate around whether Azerbaijanis should be considered a Turkic, Iranian, or indigenous Caucasian ethnic group based on their mixed heritage and changing dominant language over time.
Program of 2nd International Symposium on Endangered Iranian Languages (ISEIL...Encyclopaedia Iranica
Organizers:
Saloumeh Gholami
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
Institut für Empirische Sprachwissenschaft
Frankfurt am Main
Pollet Samvelian
Université Sorbonne nouvelle
Paris
For more information, see: http://www.iseil.org/
Farsi, or modern Persian, originated from ancient Zoroastrian scriptures and is currently spoken by around 110 million people worldwide, predominantly in Iran where 60% of the population speaks it. Farsi is also widely used in Afghanistan and neighboring regions. It is written from right to left in an abjad script representing consonants and long vowels. The document discusses the history and use of the Farsi language as well as the background of the author, Farhad Hakimzadeh, who works to promote Iranian culture.
This document provides information on the history and culture of India, focusing on language, literature, and writing. It discusses:
1) The major language families that have been spoken in India throughout history, from the pre-civilization era to present day.
2) How literature evolved from oral traditions to written texts over time, with Sanskrit literature being uniquely preserved through oral transmission rather than writing.
3) The development and evolution of various scripts in India, from the still undeciphered Harappan script to the introduction of Brahmi script under Ashoka.
4) How languages, literature, and writing progressed and changed through major historical eras in India, from the Vedic era
Armenian is an independent branch of the Indo-European language family spoken by 8-9 million Armenians worldwide. While it was originally influenced by Persian, Greek, French and Turkish, the Armenian alphabet was created around 405 AD by Mesrop Mashtots and consists of 38 letters based on Greek and Pahlavi scripts. The Armenian language has shown remarkable stability over time, with old texts still understandable today, demonstrating the maturity of the language.
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This document discusses prominent tribal languages in India. It begins by providing context on India's linguistic diversity and the percentage of the population that speaks tribal languages. It then classifies India's tribal languages into 5 main families: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman, Austro-Asiatic, and Andamanese. For each family, it lists the languages within it and the regions where they are spoken. It notes that many tribal languages are endangered and at risk of extinction, with some already extinct. It provides examples of languages nearly extinct, such as Majhi in Sikkim and discusses government initiatives to preserve endangered languages.
The document provides background information on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, including that he was born in a village near Garmsar to a blacksmith family, studied civil engineering, and served in the intelligence apparatus of the Revolutionary Guard. It discusses his presidency, reelection campaign on a populist platform, and controversial 2009 speech at Columbia University which led to protests. The document concludes with references for further information on Ahmadinejad.
Azerbaijani is an Altaic language with agglutinative properties. It was formed from a Proto-Altaic language with monosyllabic words and consonant-vowel structure. The document discusses the history and characteristics of Azerbaijani including its dialects and alphabetic reforms over time. It also summarizes the minority languages spoken in Azerbaijan such as Lezgian, Talysh, Udi, and Avar and their locations and families.
Program of 2nd International Symposium on Endangered Iranian Languages (ISEIL...Encyclopaedia Iranica
Organizers:
Saloumeh Gholami
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
Institut für Empirische Sprachwissenschaft
Frankfurt am Main
Pollet Samvelian
Université Sorbonne nouvelle
Paris
For more information, see: http://www.iseil.org/
Farsi, or modern Persian, originated from ancient Zoroastrian scriptures and is currently spoken by around 110 million people worldwide, predominantly in Iran where 60% of the population speaks it. Farsi is also widely used in Afghanistan and neighboring regions. It is written from right to left in an abjad script representing consonants and long vowels. The document discusses the history and use of the Farsi language as well as the background of the author, Farhad Hakimzadeh, who works to promote Iranian culture.
This document provides information on the history and culture of India, focusing on language, literature, and writing. It discusses:
1) The major language families that have been spoken in India throughout history, from the pre-civilization era to present day.
2) How literature evolved from oral traditions to written texts over time, with Sanskrit literature being uniquely preserved through oral transmission rather than writing.
3) The development and evolution of various scripts in India, from the still undeciphered Harappan script to the introduction of Brahmi script under Ashoka.
4) How languages, literature, and writing progressed and changed through major historical eras in India, from the Vedic era
Armenian is an independent branch of the Indo-European language family spoken by 8-9 million Armenians worldwide. While it was originally influenced by Persian, Greek, French and Turkish, the Armenian alphabet was created around 405 AD by Mesrop Mashtots and consists of 38 letters based on Greek and Pahlavi scripts. The Armenian language has shown remarkable stability over time, with old texts still understandable today, demonstrating the maturity of the language.
Origin of bangalees bangladesh bangla language
,
origin of bangalees bangladesh bangla language
,
origin and identity of the people of bangladesh
,
development trend of the name of bangladesh
,
chronological development trend of bangla language
This document discusses prominent tribal languages in India. It begins by providing context on India's linguistic diversity and the percentage of the population that speaks tribal languages. It then classifies India's tribal languages into 5 main families: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman, Austro-Asiatic, and Andamanese. For each family, it lists the languages within it and the regions where they are spoken. It notes that many tribal languages are endangered and at risk of extinction, with some already extinct. It provides examples of languages nearly extinct, such as Majhi in Sikkim and discusses government initiatives to preserve endangered languages.
The document provides background information on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, including that he was born in a village near Garmsar to a blacksmith family, studied civil engineering, and served in the intelligence apparatus of the Revolutionary Guard. It discusses his presidency, reelection campaign on a populist platform, and controversial 2009 speech at Columbia University which led to protests. The document concludes with references for further information on Ahmadinejad.
Azerbaijani is an Altaic language with agglutinative properties. It was formed from a Proto-Altaic language with monosyllabic words and consonant-vowel structure. The document discusses the history and characteristics of Azerbaijani including its dialects and alphabetic reforms over time. It also summarizes the minority languages spoken in Azerbaijan such as Lezgian, Talysh, Udi, and Avar and their locations and families.
EY Azerbaijan. Business Guide Azerbaijan 2014Kanan Mammadli
This document provides an overview guide to doing business in Azerbaijan. It begins with general country statistics and an economic overview. It then discusses business licensing requirements, currency regulations, and land ownership. The main types of business entities are joint stock companies, limited liability companies, and partnerships. The guide provides detailed information on taxation, accounting and reporting requirements, and contact information for EY Azerbaijan which can provide professional services. In summary, it is a comprehensive guide covering the key considerations and steps for establishing and operating a business in Azerbaijan.
The document provides information about Azerbaijan and Montenegro. For Azerbaijan, it discusses the country's geography, history of independence from Russia and the USSR, current political system led by President Ilham Aliyev, economy based on oil and gas exports, and aspects of culture such as traditions, clothing, and cuisine. For Montenegro, it outlines the country's geography, history of independence from Serbia, political system led by President Filip Vujanovic, developing economy focused on manufacturing and tourism, and cultural traditions including music, dances, and Orthodox Christian influences.
The document provides information about Serbia. It describes Serbia's size, climate, location in Europe bordering several other countries, and population. Key geographic features include the Danube River and mountains. The economy relies on industry, exports, and trade partners in Europe. Culturally, the population is ethnically diverse and Orthodox Christian. Serbia declared independence in 2006 after separating from Montenegro.
Ancient Persians used many languages and writing systems for different purposes between 550 BCE and 400 BCE. Languages included Old Persian, Akkadian, Aramaic, and Elamite, with Elamite serving as the official language of the empire. Old Persian, created under Darius I, was mainly used for high status purposes and recording exploits, influenced by Aramaic. Persians kept extensive government records, literature, and records of war using scripts usually etched on clay tablets, with writing performed by scribes as it was not a general skill. These ancient languages and writing forms went on to influence later languages and writing systems.
The document discusses the history and evolution of the Persian language. It begins with the Persian language belonging to the Indo-European family and being influenced by Arabic. It then summarizes the three main stages of Persian: Old Persian from 525 BC to 300 BC, Middle Persian from 300 BC to 800 AD, and Modern Persian beginning in 800 AD and being influenced by Arabic after the Arab conquest. The document notes that while the vocabulary and script of Persian have changed over time, the core structure and many words have remained stable for over 1000 years.
Arya is a term meaning "noble" which was used as a self-designation by Indian and Iranian or Indo-Iranian people.
The word was used by the Indic people of the Vedic period in India as an ethnic label for themselves, as well as to refer to the noble class and geographic location known as Āryāvarta where Indo-Aryan culture was based.
The closely related Iranian people also used the term as an ethnic label for themselves in the Avesta scriptures, and the word forms the etymological source of the country Iran.
Indo-European languages were originally spoken from Europe to India over two millennia ago. Today, Indo-European languages are spoken by almost 3 billion people worldwide, making it the largest language family. The document goes on to describe the ten principal branches of the Indo-European language family, including the regions they were spoken in and the time periods they were attested from. It provides details on some of the major and better-attested branches such as Anatolian, Indo-Iranian, Greek, Italic, and Celtic.
Sujay the indo europeanization-of_the_world_from a central asian homelandSujay Rao Mandavilli
In this paper, we bring together the concepts put forth in our previous papers and throw new light on how the Indo-Europeanization of the world may have happened from the conventional Central Asian homeland and explain the same using maps and diagrams. We also propose the ‘Ten modes of linguistic transformations associated with Human migrations.’ With this, the significance of the proposed term ‘Base Indo-European’ in lieu of the old term ‘Proto Indo-European’ will become abundantly clear to most readers. The approaches presented in this paper are somewhat superior to existing approaches, and as such are expected to replace them in the longer run. Detailed maps and notes demonstrating and explaining how linguistic transformations might have taken place in South Asia are available in this paper as understood from our previous research papers, and scholars from other parts of the world are invited to develop similar paradigms with regard to their home countries as far as the available data or evidence will allow them. This will help piece together a gigantic jig-saw puzzle, and lead to a revolution of sorts in the field, leading to a ripple-effect that will strongly impact several other related fields of study as well. We also re-emphasize our epigrammatic catch-phrases ‘The Globalization of Science’ and ‘Scientific Progress at the Speed of Light’, and attempt to show how the former will inexorably lead to the latter. This is done in a respectable level of detail, as zany and theoretical concepts gain respectability only if corroborated with real-world data from across the world. The end-result will be a transformation and a revolution in human knowledge, with inevitable cascading changes in cultural and social paradigms and relationships across nationalities and cultures, and rich rewards for scholars and students of Indo-European studies across the world.
This document discusses the Indo-Europeanization of the world from a Central Asian homeland based on new approaches and insights from the author's previous research publications. It proposes 10 modes of linguistic transformations associated with human migrations and suggests the term "Base Indo-European" instead of "Proto Indo-European." Detailed maps in the paper demonstrate how linguistic transformations may have occurred in South Asia. The paper aims to revolutionize the field of Indo-European studies by piecing together evidence from across the world.
This document discusses the various languages spoken in Pakistan. It begins by noting that Urdu is the national language but that many other languages are spoken regionally, including Balochi, Sindhi, Punjabi, and Pashto. It then provides brief overviews of each of these languages, describing their origins and influences. Balochi originated from tribes migrating from Iran and is spoken in Balochistan. Sindhi has been influenced by Arabic and Persian. Punjabi has influences from Persian, Arabic, Hindi, and others. Pashto is spoken in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and parts of Balochistan and has been influenced by Arabic, Persian, and Greek.
"WAKHAN THE CRADLE OF ARYANS" -WAKHIC A SOUTH IRANIAN LANGUAGEBaig Ali
- WKHIC, WAKHYU, XIC, SAKA, THE LANGUAGE SPEAKES IN FOUR COUNTRIES AS A NATIVE, PAKISTAN-(GOJAL, 27 VILLAGESYASIN, ASHKOMAN, BROGHIL), CHINA, (PEER ALI, TASHGHURGHAN, VECHE,YARGHANDH, BOZKAM, TAGHARME, HUQSU), AFGHANISTAN WAKHAN 18 VILLAGES, TAJIKISTAN WAKHAN 17 VILLAGES
Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages still in existence and originated in India. It was the language of religious texts and ceremonies from as early as 2000 BC. While Sanskrit declined as a spoken language in India after the 1st millennium BC, it remained an important language for religion and literature. Sanskrit was written in various scripts depending on the region but did not have a standardized script until the 19th century. It continues to be used predominantly for religious purposes today.
Bilingualism As A Main Communication Factor For Integration Among Nations In ...SubmissionResearchpa
This document discusses the history of languages in the Transoxiana region of Central Asia, now modern Uzbekistan. It examines how various tribes and languages, including Turkic languages, influenced the development of languages and culture in the region over centuries. Specifically, it explores how the Uzbek language formed out of earlier Turkic dialects between the 11th-13th centuries as the Uzbek people took shape. It also looks at other languages that have been dominant in the region like Persian and how scripts like Arabic were used to write local languages over time. The development of bilingualism is identified as an important factor for integration among nations in Transoxiana throughout its history.
This document summarizes a research article analyzing the influence of the medieval Persian poet Hafiz on modern Iranian society and culture. It discusses how Hafiz's poetry has been deeply influential in Iran for centuries, viewed as encapsulating Iran's national spirit. It explores how Hafiz remains profoundly meaningful to Iranians of all backgrounds due to his symbolic and enigmatic language allowing for varied interpretations. The consistency of Persian literature and culture, including the ongoing prominence of Hafiz's works, has provided stability throughout Iran's history amid political changes.
This presentation provides an overview of the Indo-European language family, which includes over half the world's languages. It describes the major branches such as Indian, Iranian, Armenian, Balto-Slavic, Germanic, Hellenic, Albanian, Tocharian, Italic, Celtic, and their descendent languages. Key points covered include the geographic origins and distributions of the branches as well as important languages within each branch such as Sanskrit, Persian, Greek, Latin, and their derivations over time.
An Outline Of The History Of LinguisticsClaire Webber
Linguistics began developing in antiquity with early traditions arising in Mesopotamia, India, Greece, and Rome in response to language change. These traditions focused on grammar and morphology through word lists and rules of word formation. In the Middle Ages, interest in vernacular languages grew in Europe alongside Latin. By the 15th century, European colonialism exposed scholars to many new languages, facilitating comparisons and the eventual establishment of the comparative method for recognizing language families such as Indo-European.
The document discusses the Indo-European language family, which includes many major world languages such as English, Spanish, Hindi, and Russian. It outlines the 10 major branches of the family including Anatolian, Tocharian, Germanic, Italic, Celtic, Armenian, Balto-Slavic, Hellenic, Indo-Iranian, and Albanian. Additionally, it mentions several extinct Indo-European languages and divides the family into the western Centum and eastern Satem subgroups based on sound changes.
The ancient Persian civilization developed on a plateau located in modern-day Iran between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Indus Valley. Two peoples, the Medes and Persians, settled this region in ancient times and established distinct civilizations. Over time, the Persian king Cyrus unified the Persian tribes and established the Persian Empire, which overthrew the former dominance of the Medes. The Persian civilization had a hierarchical social structure headed by the king and priests, with peasants and slaves at the bottom. Agriculture, relying on irrigation systems, and livestock were the primary economic activities. The Persian language evolved over time from Old Persian to Middle and Modern Persian. Education of boys focused on physical training, moral instruction,
The Study of Parallels in the Development of Persian and Russian Folklore
Vitaly N.Suprunenko & Julia P. Drobatuhina,
Methodological Department for the School Program, LLC "Sun School", Russian Federation
The present paper addresses the interrelation between folklore and literature in Iran and Russia in different periods of their cultural evolution, and identifies the commonalities and peculiarities of this development. The study of the interaction between Persian folklore and classical literature in the age of Persia's Islamization, has led to the hypothesis of similar processes taking place in the development of oral tradition in Russia. Using historical and typological research methods, this study refers to the Russian folklore of the 20th century and presents a contrastive-comparative analysis of small genres in the oral tradition, literature and their sources in folklore. Moreover, it calls attention to the specific features of new genres which are derived from the existing («classical») genres, and looks into the prospects for their further existence and research. Considering the experience of classical Persian literature and folklore this research identifies a number of identical features in the oral tradition of both countries, as well as common factors impacting the emergence of new genres in the so-called «post-folklore» in Russia. In this regard, it is necessary to draw attention to the specifics of West Asian culture: the common inherent features in the human worldview that clearly manifested in folklore. The knowledge of folklore and history of Iran would help the Russian citizens to bring the cultures closer together, to understand the worldviews of Iranian and Tajik people, to form new relationships with representatives of other nations in a multicultural world.
Keywords: Persian folklore, Russian folklore; Islamization of literature; folklorization of literary texts; Iranian and Russian cultural cooperation
The Seventh International Conference on Languages, Linguistics, Translation and Literature
11-12 June 2022 , Ahwaz
For more information, please visit the conference website:
WWW.LLLD.IR
This document provides an overview of the Indo-European family of languages by describing 11 principal groups: Indian, Iranian, Armenian, Hellenic, Albanian, Italic, Balto-Slavic, Germanic, Celtic, Hittite, and Tocharian. It explains that the parent Indo-European language differentiated and spread before written history, so we have no records of it, but can reconstruct it by comparing descendants. The groups fall into families based on geographical distribution and degree of similarity between languages.
EY Azerbaijan. Business Guide Azerbaijan 2014Kanan Mammadli
This document provides an overview guide to doing business in Azerbaijan. It begins with general country statistics and an economic overview. It then discusses business licensing requirements, currency regulations, and land ownership. The main types of business entities are joint stock companies, limited liability companies, and partnerships. The guide provides detailed information on taxation, accounting and reporting requirements, and contact information for EY Azerbaijan which can provide professional services. In summary, it is a comprehensive guide covering the key considerations and steps for establishing and operating a business in Azerbaijan.
The document provides information about Azerbaijan and Montenegro. For Azerbaijan, it discusses the country's geography, history of independence from Russia and the USSR, current political system led by President Ilham Aliyev, economy based on oil and gas exports, and aspects of culture such as traditions, clothing, and cuisine. For Montenegro, it outlines the country's geography, history of independence from Serbia, political system led by President Filip Vujanovic, developing economy focused on manufacturing and tourism, and cultural traditions including music, dances, and Orthodox Christian influences.
The document provides information about Serbia. It describes Serbia's size, climate, location in Europe bordering several other countries, and population. Key geographic features include the Danube River and mountains. The economy relies on industry, exports, and trade partners in Europe. Culturally, the population is ethnically diverse and Orthodox Christian. Serbia declared independence in 2006 after separating from Montenegro.
Ancient Persians used many languages and writing systems for different purposes between 550 BCE and 400 BCE. Languages included Old Persian, Akkadian, Aramaic, and Elamite, with Elamite serving as the official language of the empire. Old Persian, created under Darius I, was mainly used for high status purposes and recording exploits, influenced by Aramaic. Persians kept extensive government records, literature, and records of war using scripts usually etched on clay tablets, with writing performed by scribes as it was not a general skill. These ancient languages and writing forms went on to influence later languages and writing systems.
The document discusses the history and evolution of the Persian language. It begins with the Persian language belonging to the Indo-European family and being influenced by Arabic. It then summarizes the three main stages of Persian: Old Persian from 525 BC to 300 BC, Middle Persian from 300 BC to 800 AD, and Modern Persian beginning in 800 AD and being influenced by Arabic after the Arab conquest. The document notes that while the vocabulary and script of Persian have changed over time, the core structure and many words have remained stable for over 1000 years.
Arya is a term meaning "noble" which was used as a self-designation by Indian and Iranian or Indo-Iranian people.
The word was used by the Indic people of the Vedic period in India as an ethnic label for themselves, as well as to refer to the noble class and geographic location known as Āryāvarta where Indo-Aryan culture was based.
The closely related Iranian people also used the term as an ethnic label for themselves in the Avesta scriptures, and the word forms the etymological source of the country Iran.
Indo-European languages were originally spoken from Europe to India over two millennia ago. Today, Indo-European languages are spoken by almost 3 billion people worldwide, making it the largest language family. The document goes on to describe the ten principal branches of the Indo-European language family, including the regions they were spoken in and the time periods they were attested from. It provides details on some of the major and better-attested branches such as Anatolian, Indo-Iranian, Greek, Italic, and Celtic.
Sujay the indo europeanization-of_the_world_from a central asian homelandSujay Rao Mandavilli
In this paper, we bring together the concepts put forth in our previous papers and throw new light on how the Indo-Europeanization of the world may have happened from the conventional Central Asian homeland and explain the same using maps and diagrams. We also propose the ‘Ten modes of linguistic transformations associated with Human migrations.’ With this, the significance of the proposed term ‘Base Indo-European’ in lieu of the old term ‘Proto Indo-European’ will become abundantly clear to most readers. The approaches presented in this paper are somewhat superior to existing approaches, and as such are expected to replace them in the longer run. Detailed maps and notes demonstrating and explaining how linguistic transformations might have taken place in South Asia are available in this paper as understood from our previous research papers, and scholars from other parts of the world are invited to develop similar paradigms with regard to their home countries as far as the available data or evidence will allow them. This will help piece together a gigantic jig-saw puzzle, and lead to a revolution of sorts in the field, leading to a ripple-effect that will strongly impact several other related fields of study as well. We also re-emphasize our epigrammatic catch-phrases ‘The Globalization of Science’ and ‘Scientific Progress at the Speed of Light’, and attempt to show how the former will inexorably lead to the latter. This is done in a respectable level of detail, as zany and theoretical concepts gain respectability only if corroborated with real-world data from across the world. The end-result will be a transformation and a revolution in human knowledge, with inevitable cascading changes in cultural and social paradigms and relationships across nationalities and cultures, and rich rewards for scholars and students of Indo-European studies across the world.
This document discusses the Indo-Europeanization of the world from a Central Asian homeland based on new approaches and insights from the author's previous research publications. It proposes 10 modes of linguistic transformations associated with human migrations and suggests the term "Base Indo-European" instead of "Proto Indo-European." Detailed maps in the paper demonstrate how linguistic transformations may have occurred in South Asia. The paper aims to revolutionize the field of Indo-European studies by piecing together evidence from across the world.
This document discusses the various languages spoken in Pakistan. It begins by noting that Urdu is the national language but that many other languages are spoken regionally, including Balochi, Sindhi, Punjabi, and Pashto. It then provides brief overviews of each of these languages, describing their origins and influences. Balochi originated from tribes migrating from Iran and is spoken in Balochistan. Sindhi has been influenced by Arabic and Persian. Punjabi has influences from Persian, Arabic, Hindi, and others. Pashto is spoken in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and parts of Balochistan and has been influenced by Arabic, Persian, and Greek.
"WAKHAN THE CRADLE OF ARYANS" -WAKHIC A SOUTH IRANIAN LANGUAGEBaig Ali
- WKHIC, WAKHYU, XIC, SAKA, THE LANGUAGE SPEAKES IN FOUR COUNTRIES AS A NATIVE, PAKISTAN-(GOJAL, 27 VILLAGESYASIN, ASHKOMAN, BROGHIL), CHINA, (PEER ALI, TASHGHURGHAN, VECHE,YARGHANDH, BOZKAM, TAGHARME, HUQSU), AFGHANISTAN WAKHAN 18 VILLAGES, TAJIKISTAN WAKHAN 17 VILLAGES
Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages still in existence and originated in India. It was the language of religious texts and ceremonies from as early as 2000 BC. While Sanskrit declined as a spoken language in India after the 1st millennium BC, it remained an important language for religion and literature. Sanskrit was written in various scripts depending on the region but did not have a standardized script until the 19th century. It continues to be used predominantly for religious purposes today.
Bilingualism As A Main Communication Factor For Integration Among Nations In ...SubmissionResearchpa
This document discusses the history of languages in the Transoxiana region of Central Asia, now modern Uzbekistan. It examines how various tribes and languages, including Turkic languages, influenced the development of languages and culture in the region over centuries. Specifically, it explores how the Uzbek language formed out of earlier Turkic dialects between the 11th-13th centuries as the Uzbek people took shape. It also looks at other languages that have been dominant in the region like Persian and how scripts like Arabic were used to write local languages over time. The development of bilingualism is identified as an important factor for integration among nations in Transoxiana throughout its history.
This document summarizes a research article analyzing the influence of the medieval Persian poet Hafiz on modern Iranian society and culture. It discusses how Hafiz's poetry has been deeply influential in Iran for centuries, viewed as encapsulating Iran's national spirit. It explores how Hafiz remains profoundly meaningful to Iranians of all backgrounds due to his symbolic and enigmatic language allowing for varied interpretations. The consistency of Persian literature and culture, including the ongoing prominence of Hafiz's works, has provided stability throughout Iran's history amid political changes.
This presentation provides an overview of the Indo-European language family, which includes over half the world's languages. It describes the major branches such as Indian, Iranian, Armenian, Balto-Slavic, Germanic, Hellenic, Albanian, Tocharian, Italic, Celtic, and their descendent languages. Key points covered include the geographic origins and distributions of the branches as well as important languages within each branch such as Sanskrit, Persian, Greek, Latin, and their derivations over time.
An Outline Of The History Of LinguisticsClaire Webber
Linguistics began developing in antiquity with early traditions arising in Mesopotamia, India, Greece, and Rome in response to language change. These traditions focused on grammar and morphology through word lists and rules of word formation. In the Middle Ages, interest in vernacular languages grew in Europe alongside Latin. By the 15th century, European colonialism exposed scholars to many new languages, facilitating comparisons and the eventual establishment of the comparative method for recognizing language families such as Indo-European.
The document discusses the Indo-European language family, which includes many major world languages such as English, Spanish, Hindi, and Russian. It outlines the 10 major branches of the family including Anatolian, Tocharian, Germanic, Italic, Celtic, Armenian, Balto-Slavic, Hellenic, Indo-Iranian, and Albanian. Additionally, it mentions several extinct Indo-European languages and divides the family into the western Centum and eastern Satem subgroups based on sound changes.
The ancient Persian civilization developed on a plateau located in modern-day Iran between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Indus Valley. Two peoples, the Medes and Persians, settled this region in ancient times and established distinct civilizations. Over time, the Persian king Cyrus unified the Persian tribes and established the Persian Empire, which overthrew the former dominance of the Medes. The Persian civilization had a hierarchical social structure headed by the king and priests, with peasants and slaves at the bottom. Agriculture, relying on irrigation systems, and livestock were the primary economic activities. The Persian language evolved over time from Old Persian to Middle and Modern Persian. Education of boys focused on physical training, moral instruction,
The Study of Parallels in the Development of Persian and Russian Folklore
Vitaly N.Suprunenko & Julia P. Drobatuhina,
Methodological Department for the School Program, LLC "Sun School", Russian Federation
The present paper addresses the interrelation between folklore and literature in Iran and Russia in different periods of their cultural evolution, and identifies the commonalities and peculiarities of this development. The study of the interaction between Persian folklore and classical literature in the age of Persia's Islamization, has led to the hypothesis of similar processes taking place in the development of oral tradition in Russia. Using historical and typological research methods, this study refers to the Russian folklore of the 20th century and presents a contrastive-comparative analysis of small genres in the oral tradition, literature and their sources in folklore. Moreover, it calls attention to the specific features of new genres which are derived from the existing («classical») genres, and looks into the prospects for their further existence and research. Considering the experience of classical Persian literature and folklore this research identifies a number of identical features in the oral tradition of both countries, as well as common factors impacting the emergence of new genres in the so-called «post-folklore» in Russia. In this regard, it is necessary to draw attention to the specifics of West Asian culture: the common inherent features in the human worldview that clearly manifested in folklore. The knowledge of folklore and history of Iran would help the Russian citizens to bring the cultures closer together, to understand the worldviews of Iranian and Tajik people, to form new relationships with representatives of other nations in a multicultural world.
Keywords: Persian folklore, Russian folklore; Islamization of literature; folklorization of literary texts; Iranian and Russian cultural cooperation
The Seventh International Conference on Languages, Linguistics, Translation and Literature
11-12 June 2022 , Ahwaz
For more information, please visit the conference website:
WWW.LLLD.IR
This document provides an overview of the Indo-European family of languages by describing 11 principal groups: Indian, Iranian, Armenian, Hellenic, Albanian, Italic, Balto-Slavic, Germanic, Celtic, Hittite, and Tocharian. It explains that the parent Indo-European language differentiated and spread before written history, so we have no records of it, but can reconstruct it by comparing descendants. The groups fall into families based on geographical distribution and degree of similarity between languages.
The document discusses the Indo-European language family. It is one of the major language families globally, consisting of individual languages and dialects spoken primarily in Europe, Western Asia, and parts of Southeast Asia. The Indo-European family branches into several major subfamilies, including Indo-Iranian, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, Baltic, and Hellenic. These subfamilies contain many widely spoken languages and showcase rich literary traditions over time despite spreading through migration and adapting to new environments.
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The iranian and azari languages
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The Iranian and Azari languages
Vahid Rashidvash
Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University, 1 Alex Manoogian Street , 0025
Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
E-mail: vrashidvash@yahoo.com
Abstract
persian predominant ethnic group of Iran formerly known as Persiaand a significant minority community in western
Afghanistan. Although of diverse ancestry the Persian people are united by their language, Persian (Farsi) which
belongs to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family. The name of Azarbaijan has been one of the
most renowned geographical names of Iran since 2000 years ago. Azar is a New-Persian word derivative from
Middle-Persian (Pahlavi) Athur, Adur which means fire. In Pahlavi inscriptions the the region located south of Aras
river has been recorded as Athurpatekan while it has been mentioned Azarbayegan and Azarpadegan in Persian
writings. In many references Azerbaijanis are designated as a Turkic people due to their Turkic language. However
modern-day Azerbaijanis are believed to be primarily the descendants of the Caucasian and Iranic peoples who lived in
the areas of the Caucasus and northern Iran respectively prior to Turkification. Various historians including Vladimir
Minorsky explain how largely Iranian and Caucasian populations became Turkish-speaking.
Key words: Language, Iranian languages, The Indo-European languages, Language of Azari people, Azeris.
1. Introduction
What language is spoken in Iran? It is Persian, Farsi or Iranian? This article looks at language in Iran.Iranian languages
form a major subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European Language family. It is interesting to note
however that Iranian languages are not limited to Iran – they are diverse in nature and are spoken by over 70 million
people across southern and south western Asia. The reason why they are called Iranian languages is that they have been
spoken across the Iranian plateau for thousands of years. The majority of modern Iranian languages have been adapted
from the Arabic script.Many people are confused about whether to term the Iranian language Persian or Farsi which is
due to linguistic changes which have taken place over the years. However the Iranian language has been referred to as
Persian for centuries and is the official name of Iran to describe the language spoken there. The name Persian evolves
from the name of the language spoken by a nomadic group of people in southern Iran known as the Parsa. The Parsa
lived in the southern Iranian region of Persis. The term Persian also describes the languages spoken by Afghanistan and
Tajikistan. he Iranian peoples (Iranic peoples) are an Indo-European ethnic-linguistic group that comprise the speakers
of Iranian languages a major branch of the Indo-European language family as such forming a branch of the
Indo-European-speaking peoples. Their historical areas of settlement were on the Iranian plateau, and comprised most
of Iran and certain areas of Central Asia such as Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and most of Afghanistan some parts of
western Pakistan northern Iraq and eastern Turkey and scattered parts of the Caucasus Mountains. Their current
distribution spreads across the Iranian plateau and stretches from Pakistan's Indus River in the east to eastern Turkey in
the west and from Central Asia and the Caucasus in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south – a region that is
sometimes called the Iranian cultural continent or Greater Persia by scholars and represents the extent of the Iranian
languages and influence of the Persian People through the geopolitical reach of the Persian empire. The Iranian group
emerges from an earlier Iranian unity during the Late Bronze Age and it enters the historical record during the Early
Iron Age. The Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani - Azərbaycanlılar or Azarbaijanis are Turkic-speaking people living mainly
in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan as well as in the neighboring states Georgia Russia (Dagestan) and
formerly Armenia. Also referred to as Azeris or Azaris or Azerbaijani Turks (Azərbaycan türkləri) they also live in a
wider area from the Caucasus to the Iranian plateau. The Azerbaijanis are predominantly Shi'a Muslim and have a
mixed cultural heritage including Turkic Iranic and Caucasian elements. The term Azeri or Azerbaijani is usually a
reference to people who speak a certain dialect of a Turkic language who are generally Shia Muslims. Most live in
Azerbaijan and Northern Iran with some in adjacent areas of Georgia and Turkey. Before the Karabakh War a
significant number also lived in Armenia. In many references Azerbaijanis are designated as a Turkic people due to
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their Turkic language and partial descent from the Oghuz. However, there is a debate regarding the ethnic origins of the
Azeris. The debate has to do with modern nationalism and historic claims over Azeri territory. The debate involves
three viewpoints whether the Azeris are of a Turkic background from Central Asia are an Iranian people who simply
changed their language following Turkic invasions or are indigenous to the Caucasus and have adopted the Azerbaijani
language, Persian culture and Islam. Thus, determining whether a Turkic Iranian or Caucasian background defines the
Azeris has much to do with the historical views of Azeribaijan's neighbors (Raies niya, 2007).
2. The Indo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a family or phylum of several hundred related languages and dialects including
most major current languages of Europe the Iranian plateau, and South Asia and also historically predominant
in Anatolia. With written attestations appearing since the Bronze Age in the form of the Anatolian
languages and Mycenaean Greek the Indo-European family is significant to the field of historical linguistics as
possessing the longest recorded history after the Afroasiatic family. Indo-European languages are spoken by almost
three billion native speakers the largest number for any recognised language family.
Of the twenty languages with the largest numbers of native speakers according to SIL Ethnologue twelve
areIndo-European: Spanish, English, Hindi, Portuguese, Bengali, Russian, German, Marathi French,Italin Punjabi,
and Urdu, accounting for over 1.7 billion native speakers. Several disputed proposals link Indo-European to other
major language families. Suggestions of similarities between Indian and European languages began to be made by
European visitors to India in the 16th century. In 1583 Thomas Stephens an English Jesuit missionary in Goa noted
similarities between Indian languages specifically Konkani, and Greek and Latin. These observations however were
included in a letter to his brother which was not published until the twentieth century. The first account by a western
European to mention the ancient language Sanskrit came from Filippo Sassetti born in Florence Italy in 1540 a
merchant who traveled to the Indian subcontinent. Writing in 1585 he noted some word similarities between Sanskrit
and Italian these included devaḥ/dio God sarpaḥ/serpe serpent sapta/sette seven, aṣṭa/otto eight, nava/nove
nine. However, neither Stephens's nor Sassetti's observations led to further scholarly inquiry.
In 1647 Dutch linguist and scholar Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn noted the similarity among Indo-European languages
and supposed that they derived from a primitive common language which he called Scythian. He included in his
hypothesis Dutch, Albanian, Greek, Latin, Persian and German later adding Slavic, Celtic and Baltic languages.
However Van Boxhorn's suggestions did not become widely known and did not stimulate further research (Saidiyan,
1991) .
Gaston Coeurdoux and others had made observations of the same type. Coeurdoux made a thorough comparison of
Sanskrit Latin and Greek conjugations in the late 1760s to suggest a relationship between them. Similarly Mikhail
Lomonosov compared different languages groups of the world including Slavic Baltic Kurlandic Iranian Medic
Finnish, Chinese Hottentot and others. He emphatically expressed the antiquity of the linguistic stages accessible to
comparative method in the drafts for his Russian Grammar published 1755. The hypothesis reappeared in 1786
when Sir William Jones first lectured on the striking similarities between three of the oldest languages known in his
time Latin, Greek and Sanskrit to which he tentatively added Gothic, Celtic and Old Persian though his
classification contained some inaccuracies and omissions.
It was Thomas Young who in 1813 first used the term Indo-European which became the standard scientific term
through the work of Franz Bopp whose systematic comparison of these and other old languages supported the theory.
In some nations the term Indo-Germanic is in use in Germany as the standard scientific term, while in other
languages it is the more common term. Bopp's Comparative Grammar appearing between 1833 and 1852 counts as
the starting point of Indo-European studies as an academic
discipline.
The classical phase of Indo-
3. The Iranian languages
The Iranian languages also called Iranic languages form a subfamily of the Indo-Iranian languages which in turn are a
subgroup of the Indo-European language family. The speakers of Iranian languages are known as Iranian peoples.The
Iranian languages are considered in three stages of Old until 400 BCE Middle 400 BCE – 900 CE and New since 900
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CE. From the Old Iranian languages the better understood and recorded ones are Old Persian a language of
Achaemenid Iran and Avestan the language of Zarathushtra. Middle Iranian languages included Middle Persian a
language of Sassanid Iran) and Parthian a language of Arsacid Iran. There are many Iranian languages the largest
amongst them are Persian, Pashto, Kurdish, and Balochi. Today, there are an estimated 150–200 million native
speakers of Iranian languages. The Ethnologue lists 87 Iranian languages. Persian has about 65 million native
speakers Pashto about 50 million Kurdish about 18 million Balochi about 7 million and Lurishabout 2.3 million. The
term Iranian language is applied to any language which is descended from the Proto-Iranian parent language. While
unattested Proto-Iranian was first spoken by presumably people/tribes in Central Asia sometime in the late 3rd to early
2nd millennium BCE. The area in which Iranian languages i.e. descendants of Proto-Iranian have been spoken
stretches from western China to western Europe. Proto-Iranian was related to also unattested, Proto-Indic.
Proto-Indic gave birth to the various northern Indian languages over time. Taken together all Iranian Indo-Aryan
and Nuristani languages form the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. The term Iranian was
introduced in 1836 by Christian Lassen followed by Wilhelm Geiger and his Grundriss der Iranischen Philologie 1895
whereas Friedrich von Spiegel in 1859 preferred the term Eranian. Robert Needham Cust, however used the
term Irano-Aryan as early as 1878 (Saidiyan, 2004).
Orientalists such as George Abraham Grierson and Max Müller also differentiated
between Irano-Aryan and Indo-Aryan.Grierson also uses the term Eranian. Some recent scholarship - primarily in
German - has revived of the term Irano-Aryan in analogy to Indo-Aryan. The linguist Ahmad Hasan Dani uses the
term and asserts Iranian is short for Irano-Aryan. The linguist Gilbert Lazard specialist for Persian, has been using the
term consequently in his publications whereas Mohammad Djafar suggests to establish Aryan for the branch. Still
Iranian remains the standard term used by the vast majority of English-language linguists. Soon after postulating an
Indo-European family in the 19th century, the Iranian languages Avestan, Old Persian, Pahlavi together with Indic
Sanskrit, Prakrit were recognized by works of the linguist Rasmus Rask in 1826 as the eastern branch of
Indo-European languages. The Armenian language was also considered as an Iranian language but was very soon (in
1875 effectively) established as a separate language in the Indo-European group of languages. Iranian languages are
divided into Eastern and Western subfamilies, totalling about 84 languages (SIL estimate). Of the most widely-spoken
Iranian languages Kurdish, Persian and Balochi are all Western Iranian languages while Pashto is an Eastern Iranian
language.
3 - 1 Proto- Iranian and Old Iranian Ianguages
Together with the other Indo-Iranian languages the Iranian languages are descended from a common
ancestor, Proto-Indo-Iranian. The Indo-Iranian languages are thought to have originated in Central Asia.
The Andronovo culture is the suggested candidate for the common Indo-Iranian culture ca. 2000 BC. It was situated
precisely in the western part of Central Asia that borders present-day Russia and present-day Kazakhstan. It was in
relative proximity to the other satem ethno-linguistic groups of the Indo-European family
like Thracian Balto-Slavic and others, and to common Indo-European's original homeland more precisely
the steppes of southern Russia to the north of the Caucasus according to the reconstructed linguistic relationships of
common Indo-European. Proto-Iranian thus dates to some time after Proto-Indo-Iranian break-up or the early second
millennium BCE as the Old Iranian languages began to break off and evolve separately as the various Iranian tribes
migrated and settled in vast areas of southeastern Europe the Iranian plateau and Central Asia. Avestan mainly
attested through the Avesta a collection of sacred texts connected to the Zoroastrian religion, is considered to belong to
a central Iranian group where only peripheral groups such as southwestern represented by Old Persian and northeastern
Sogdian andSakan language (Scythian) had developed. Among the less known Old Iranian languages is Median
spoken in western and central Iran which may have had an official status during the Median era (ca. 700–559 BC).
Apart from place and personal names some words reported in Herodotus' Histories and some preserved forms in
Achaemenid inscriptions there are numerous non-Persian words in the Old Persian texts that are commonly considered
Median. Some of the modern Western and Central Iranian dialects are also likely to be descended from Median. Other
such languages are Carduchi the predecessor to Kurdish and Parthian which evolved into the language of the later
empire (Bosworth, 1968).
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3 - 2 Middle Iranian Ianguages
What is known in Iranian linguistic history as the Middle Iranian era is thought to begin around the 4th century BCE
lasting through the 9th century. Linguistically the Middle Iranian languages can be calassified in to two main
families Western and Eastern.
The Western family includes Parthian (Arsacid Pahlavi) and Middle Persian while Bactrian, Sogdian,
Khwarezmian, Saka, and Old Ossetic (Scytho-Sarmatian) fall under the Eastern category. The two languages of the
Western group were linguistically very close to each other but quite distinct from their eastern counterparts. On the
other hand the Eastern group retained some similarity to Avestan. They were inscribed in various Aramaic-derived
alphabets which had ultimately evolved from the Achaemenid Imperial Aramaic script though Bactrian was written
using an adapted Greek script. Middle Persian (Pahlavi) was the official language under the Sasanian dynasty in Iran. It
was in use from the 3rd century CE until the beginning of the 10th century. The script used for Middle Persian in this
era underwent significant maturity. Middle Persian, Parthian and Sogdian were also used as literary languages by
the Manichaeans whose texts also survive in various non-Iranian languages, from Latin to Chinese. Manichaean texts
were written in a script closely akin to the Syriac script (Yarshater, 1987) .
3 – 3 New Iranian Ianguages
Following the Islamic Conquest of Persia (Iran) there were important changes in the role of the different dialects within
the Persian Empire. The old prestige form of Middle Iranian, also known as Pahlavi was replaced by a new standard
dialect called Dari as the official language of the court. The name Dari comes from the word darbâr which refers to
the royal court where many of the poets protagonists and patrons of the literature flourished. The Saffarid dynasty in
particular was the first in a line of many dynasties to officially adopt the new language in 875 CE. Dari may have been
heavily influenced by regional dialects of eastern Iran whereas the earlier Pahlavi standard was based more on western
dialects. This new prestige dialect became the basis of Standard New Persian. Medieval Iranian scholars such
as Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa (8th century) and Ibn al-Nadim (10th century) associated the term Dari with the eastern
province of Khorasan while they used the term Pahlavi to describe the dialects of the northwestern areas
between Isfahan and Azerbaijan and Pârsi (Persian proper) to describe the Dialects of Fars. They also noted that the
unofficial language of the royalty itself was yet another dialect Khuzi associated with the western province
of Khuzestan.The Islamic conquest also brought with it the adoption of Arabic script for writing Persian Pashto and
Balochi. All three were adapted to the writing by the addition of a few letters. This development probably occurred
some time during the second half of the 8th century when the old middle Persian script began dwindling in usage. The
Arabic script remains in use in contemporary modern Persian. Tajik script was first Latinised in the 1920 under the
then Soviet nationality policy. The script was however subsequently Cyrillicized in the 1930 by the Soviet government
(Yarshater, 1987).
The geographical areas in which Iranian languages were spoken was pushed back in several areas by newly
neighbouring languages. Arabic spread into some parts of Western Iran Khuzestan and Turkic languages spread
through much of Central Asia displacing various Iranian languages such as Sogdian and Bactrian in parts of what is
today Turkmenistan Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Sogdianbarely survives in a small area of the Zarafshan valley east of
Samarkand, and Saka as Sariqoli in parts of southern Xinjiang as well as Ossetic in the Caucasus. Various small
Iranian languages in the Pamirs survive that are derived from Eastern Iranian.
4. Ancient period
Caucasian Albanians are believed to be the earliest inhabitants of the region where the modern day Republic of
Azerbaijan is located. Early Iranian settlements included the Scythians in the ninth century BC. Following the
Scythians the Medes came to dominate the area to the south of the Aras River. The Medes forged a vast empire
between 900–700 BC which was integrated into the Achaemenids Empire around 550 BC. During this period
Zoroastrianism spread in the Caucasus and Atropatene. The Achaemenids in turn were defeated by Alexander the
Great in 330 BC but the Median satrap Atropates was allowed to remain in power. Following the decline of the
Seleucids in Persia in 247 BC an Armenian Kingdom exercised control over parts of Caucasian Albania. Caucasian
Albanians established a kingdom in the first century BC and largely remained independent until the Persian Sassanids
made the kingdom a vassal state in 252 AD. Caucasian Albania's ruler King Urnayr officially adopted Christianity as
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the state religion in the fourth century AD and Albania remained a Christian state until the 8th century. Sassanid
control ended with their defeat by Muslim Arabs in 642 AD.
Azerbaijani, any member of a Turkic people living chiefly in the Republic of Azerbaijan and in the region of
Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran. At the turn of the 21st century there were some 7.5 million Azerbaijani in the republic
and neighbouring areas and more than 15 million in Iran. They are mainly sedentary farmers and herders although
some of those in the republic have found employment in various industries. Most Azerbaijani are Muslims. They speak
Azerbaijani a language belonging to the southwestern branch of Turkic languages. The Azerbaijani are of mixed ethnic
origin the oldest element deriving from the indigenous population of eastern Transcaucasia and possibly from the
Medians of northern Persia. This population was Persianized during the period of the Sāsānian dynasty of Iran 3rd–7th
century ce. Turkicization of the population can be dated from the region’s conquest by the Seljuq Turks in the 11th
century and the continued influx of Turkic populations in subsequent centuries including those groups that migrated
during the Mongol conquests in the 13th century(Minorsky, 1953)
The greater portion of the tribes that formed the Mongol forces or were stimulated by the Mongol conquest to migrate
were Turkic. Parts of the region later passed variously under the Kara Koyunlu and the Ak Koyunlu rival Turkic tribal
confederations and at the beginning of the 16th century the turcophone Ṣafavid dynasty.
5. Caucasian origin
The Azerbaijani are of mixed ethnic origin, the oldest element deriving from the indigenous population of eastern
Transcaucasia and possibly from the Medians of northern Persia. There is evidence that, despite repeated invasions and
migrations aboriginal Caucasians may have been culturally assimilated first by Ancient Iranian peoples and later by the
Oghuz. Considerable information has been learned about the Caucasian Albanians including their language, history,
early conversion to Christianity and close ties to the Armenians. The Udi language still spoken in Azerbaijan may be a
remnant of the Albanians' language. This Caucasian influence extended further south into Iranian Azerbaijan. During
the 1st millennium BC another Caucasian people the Mannaeans Mannai populated much of Iranian Azerbaijan.
Weakened by conflicts with the Assyrians the Mannaeans are believed to have been conquered and assimilated by the
Medes by 590 BC. There are an estimated 22 to 35 million Azerbaijanis in the world but census figures are difficult to
verify. The vast majority live in the Republic of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan. Between 11.2 and 30 million
Azerbaijanis live in Iran mainly in the northwestern provinces. Approximately 8 million Azerbaijanis are found in the
Republic of Azerbaijan. A diaspora of over a million is spread throughout the rest of the world. According to
Ethnologue there are over 1 million speakers of the northern Azerbaijani dialect in southern Dagestan, Estonia,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. No Azerbaijanis were recorded in the 2001
census in Armenia, where the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resulted in population shifts. Other sources, such as national
censuses, confirm the presence of Azeris throughout the other states of the former Soviet Union. Ethnologue reports
that 1 million South Azeris live outside Iran but these figures include Iraqi Turkmen a distinct though related Turkic
people.
6. Azerbaijanis in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijanis are by far the largest ethnic group in Azerbaijan (over 90%). The literacy rate is very high and is estimated
at 99.5%. Azerbaijan began the twentieth century with institutions based upon those of Russia and the Soviet Union
with an official policy of atheism and strict state control over most aspects of society. Since independence, there is a
secular democratic system. Azerbaijani society has been deeply impacted by the war with Armenia over
Nagorno-Karabakh which has displaced nearly 1 million Azerbaijanis and put strain on the economy. Azerbaijan has
benefited from the oil industry but high levels of corruption have prevented greater prosperity for the masses.Despite
these problems there is a renaissance in Azerbaijan as positive economic predictions and an active political opposition
appear determined to improve the lives of average Azerbaijanis (Saidiyan,1991) .
7. Azerbaijanis in Iran .
While population estimates in Azerbaijan are considered reliable due to regular censuses the figures for Iran remain
questionable. Since the early twentieth century successive Iranian governments have avoided publishing statistics on
ethnic groups. Unofficial population estimates of Azerbaijanis in Iran range from 16–33%. Azerbaijanis in Iran are
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mainly found in the northwest provinces East Azerbaijan Ardabil, Zanjan, parts of Hamedan, Qazvin, West Azerbaijan
and Markazi. Many others live in Tehran Fars Province and other regions. Generally Azerbaijanis in Iran were
regarded as a well integrated linguistic minority by academics prior to Iran's Islamic Revolution. Despite friction
Azerbaijanis in Iran came to be well represented at all levels. The Azerbaijanis speak Azerbaijani sometimes called
Azerbaijani Turkish or Azeri a Turkic language descended from the Western Oghuz Turkic language that became
established in Azerbaijan in the 11th and 12th century CE. Early Oghuz was mainly an oral language, and the later
compiled epics and heroic stories of Dede Korkut probably derive from an oral tradition. The first accepted Oghuz
Turkic text goes back to 15th century. The first written classical Azeri literature arose after the Mongol invasion. Some
of the earliest Azerbaijani writings trace back to the poet Nasimi died 1417 and then decades later Fuzûlî (1483–1556).
Ismail I Shah of Safavid Persia wrote Azerbaijani poetry under the pen name Khatâ'i. Modern Azeri literature
continued with a traditional emphasis upon humanism as conveyed in the writings of Samad Vurgun Shahriar and
many others. Azerbaijanis are generally bilingual often fluent in either Russian (in Azerbaijan) or Persian (in Iran). As
of 1996, around 38% of Azerbaijan's roughly 8,000,000 population spoke Russian fluently. An independent telephone
survey in Iran in 2009 reported that 20% of respondents could understand Azeri the most spoken minority language in
Iran and all respondents could understand Persian (Raies niya, 2007). .
8. Language of Azari people
The ancient language spoken in Azerbaijan was one of the dialects of the Persian language which was known to us as
Azari tongue.Ahamd Kasravi has proven that based on evidence the local language of Azari people at least to the end of
Mogul era (mid-14th century) has been Azari. After that during a 150-year interval from the time that Chengiz dynasty
became defunct since establishment of Safavids the Azari language was gradually replaced by Turkish dialect. During
recent year Manouchehr Mortazavi, in an article on the ancient language of Azerbaijan had opined that Azari has been
the language of Azerbaijan people and it has included various dialects. However since there has been a discrepancy
with regard to the original language of Azerbaijanis the compendium of research results is as follows
Ibn al-Nadim writes in his book al-Fihrist that the language of Iranian people could be divided in five classes including
Pahlavi, Dari, Persian, Khuzi ancient language of people in Khuzestan and Soriani. Relying on what Ibn Muqaffa' said
he opined that Dari was the language of courtiers while Persian was the language of priests and scientists and the
language of people of Fars. Khuzi was the language that kings and dignitaries used in their intimate talks. Soriani was
the language of people of Iraq while Pahlavi was spoken by people of Isfahan, Rey, Hamedan, Mah (Mede), Nahavand
and Azerbaijan. Out of the above-mentioned languages only two languages including Dari spoken in eastern Iran
including Khorassan and Pahlavi that was spoken by people in Isfahan Rey, Hamedan Nahavand and Azerbaijan are of
concern here (Henning WB, 1954). The authors belonging to the 8th century CE have called the language of people of
Azerbaijan as 'Azari Pahlavi' and sometimes 'Azari' and maintained that the said language was different from the
language spoken in east Iran. However the difference was not so big as to make them incapable of comprehending what
other peoples said. Nasser Khosrow in his itinerary says I arrived in Tabriz in 1046.... I saw a poet in Tabriz named
Ghetran. He was a good poet but could not speak Persian correctly. He came to me with poetry books of Manjik and
Daqiqi and asked any word that he could not understand... I presume that Nasser Khosrow meant Dari Persian which
was known to him but some of whose words were not known to Khorassani poet. Marquat? The famous Iranian scholar
has written that Pahlavi language is, in fact, the same as Azari language. Yagoubi who lived in the 10th century in his
book al-Boldan, he says the language of Azari people was Azari Pahlavi. Abu Abdollah Bashari Moqaddasi in his book
divides Iran into eight climatic regions noting The language of these regions is Persian however some of them speak
Dari and some complicated and all those dialects are called Persian. According to Masoudi Pahlavi Dari and Azari
were of the same origin and combination of their works was the same and all of them were considered among Persian
dialects. Abu Abdollah Mohammad ibn Ahmad Kharazmi who lived in the 11th century attributes Persian language to
people of Fars and the language of priests and believes that Dari was the language of courtiers. With regard to Pahlavi
language he writes Pahlavi is one of the Iranian languages used by kings. The work has been attributed to Pahlev which
encompasses five lands Isfahan, Rey, Hamedan, Nahavand and Azerbaijan. Estakhri says in his book al-Masalek and
al-Mamalek that the language of people of Azerbaijan is Arabic and Persian. Despite its tremendous pressure, Arabic
could not overwhelm Persian and was rejected first in Khorassan and then in other parts of Iran. Eranski The famous
Russian scholar writes After pushing Arabic back in Khorrasan and other regions, Persian did the same in other areas.
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Two factors were influential in this regard. Firstly Arabs were controlling a wide empire from Sir Darya River to Spain
and their dominance in Iran was not so much as to be able to overwhelm the Iranian element. Secondly the conflict
between Iranians and Arabs especially in political, military and literary fields was intense. According to Ibn Hauqal
The language of people of Azerbaijan and most people of Arminiyeh is Persian and Arabic if rife too. There are few
merchants and landlords that speak Persian and who don't know Arabic. Two points are worthy of mention Firstly the
language of Azerbaijan people was Persian. Secondly, Arabic was not common among villages and lay people and
only part of people knew it. Ibn Hauqal says the languages spoken by people of Armenia and Aran were part of Persian.
He writes Some tribes from Armenia and the like speak languages that are like Armenian. The same is true about
people in Dabil and Nahvi (Nakhichevan). The language of Barza'eh people is Arani and the mountain known as
Caucasus is theirs around which heathens with various languages live. Yaghout Hemavi who lived in the sixth and
seventh century A.H. says with regard to the language of Azaris They speak a language called Azari and nobody can
understand it but themselves. There were many dialects in Persia that were not intelligible to anybody but those who
spoke them. One of them was the dialect of Talesh people in Gilan which is unintelligible to people from other regions.
Hamdollah Mostofi, who lived in the seventh and eighth centuries A.H. refers to language of people of Maragheh and
writes Their language is altered Pahlavi. With regard to people of Talesh and their language he writes People there are
white and follow the religion of Imam Shafei. Their language is Pahlavi with Jilani dialect he noted. Homam Tabrizi,
the renowned poet of Azerbaijan who lived in the 14th century has written many poems in Azari Pahlavi. Ezzoddin
Adel ibn Yousof Tabrizi who lived during 15th century has also written poems in Azari dialect of Pahlavi. There is no
sign of Turkish words in those poems. Undoubtedly the dialect of Azari Pahlavi was spoken in Azerbaijan until the
advent of Safavid period but it became obsolete in villages and cities since the middle of the Safavid period and only
remained in hard-to-pass regions. After this introduction it is clear that if some try through sophistication to prove that
Azerbaijan has been inhabited by Turks from ancient times and it was only afterwards that some Aryans speaking
Iranian languages conquered there accidentally their claims would be nothing but purposeful lies. Now it has become
evident that the Turkish language rife in Azerbaijan has been the language of what people from the start and how it has
been imposed on people living there. It is ridiculous that some people consider it as the mother tongue of Azari people
and invite the people to replace it for the official Persian language. It is obvious that no learned people will get
themselves down to forsake the language of Ferdowsi Sa'adi Mowlavi Khayyam and Hafiz and trade it for the faulty
backward language that was brought in by the marauding Turkmen. This is a foreign language that did not belong to the
language of Iranian ancestors and was imposed on them (Diakonoff, 1990).
Conclusion:
The Azerbaijanis speak Azerbaijani sometimes called Azerbaijani Turkish or Azeri), a Turkic language that is
mutually intelligible with Turkish despite minor variations in accent vocabulary and grammar. Other mutually
intelligible Turkic languages include Turkmen and the Turkish spoken by the Turkomans of Iraq and the Qashqai. The
Azerbaijani language is descended from the Western Oghuz Turkic language that became established in Azerbaijan in
the 11th century CE. Early Oghuz was mainly an oral language. It began to develop as a literary language by the 13th
century. Early oral Azerbaijani, derived from the Oghuz language began with history recitations (dastans) including
the Book of Dede Korkut and Koroglu which contained Turkic mythology. Azeris are generally bilingual often fluent
in either Russian in Azerbaijan or Persian in Iran. Around 5,000,000 of Azerbaijan's roughly 8,000,000 population
speaks Russian. Moreover in 1999 around 2,700 Azeris in the Azerbaijan Republic (0.04% of the total Azeri
population) reported Russian as their mothertongue. An Iranian survey (2002) revealed that 90.0% of the sample
household population in Iran is able to speak Persian 4.6% can only understand it and 5.4% can neither speak nor
understand Persian. Azeri is the most spoken minority language in an Iranian household (23.3%). The current Turkic
Azeri language spoken in Azerbaijan replaced the old Pahlavi only by the beginning of the Safavid dynasty's rule in
Persia. Earlier many Turkic speaking nomads had chosen the green pastures of Azerbaijan Aran and Shrivan for their
settlement as early as the advent of the Seljuqs. However they only filled in the pasturelands while the farmlands
villages and the cities remained Iranic in language. The linguistic conversion of Azerbaijan went hand in hand with the
coversion of the Azeris into Shiism. By the late 1800 the Turkification of Azerbaijan was near completion with the old
Iranic speakers found solely in tiny isolated recesses of the mountains or other remote areas such as Harzand Galin
Guya Shahrud villages in Khalkhal and Anarjan. The city of Tabriz--capital of Azerbaijan however maintained a
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number of distinctly Old Azari-speaking neighborhoods well into the Qajar period of the Persian history. The poet
Ruhi Onarjani still composes an entire compendium in Old Iranic Azari language in the 19th century. It seems the nail
was driving into the coffin of the old language in Tabriz by the selection of that city as a second capital of Persia / Iran
in the course of the 19th century where the crown prince Muzaffar al-Din later the Shah resided for nearly 50 years.
Muzaffar al-Din used Turkic Azeri as the sole language of his court and himself could barely speak Persian upon
assuming the throne in 1892.
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