The Persian Language: A Quick Dive into the History and Evolution

I couldn't have made this video without the help of my Iranian friends: @Yassit @Mehrnoush @Negar Thank you for your help!
00:00 Intro
01:05 What's the origin of Persian ?
02:59 Old Persian
05:58 Middle Persian
09:18 Early New Persian
10:46 Classical Persian
12:14 Safavid Era
13:38 Afsharid Interlude
14:38 Qajar Dynasty
16:18 Modern Persian
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[@userahmed190]

Even though I am an Arab and despite the great political dispute between our two countries, I have always loved Persia, its culture, history and language. Love from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦❤️🇮🇷

[@jamjar1948]

Thanks, we love you too, habibi! 🇮🇷🇸🇦

[@palne478]

من ایرانی دورود بر ملت شریف عربستان همسایه عزیز ما خدا حافظ هردو کشور دشمنان ما خواهان دوستی ما نیستن ما باید فریب آنها را نخوریم.

[@30day1347]

سپاس از ابراز دوستی شما همسایه عزیز و محترم 🙏🏻💚🌱

[@arashputata]

politics is for politicians , our history is shared , love from Persia

[@KoroushRP]

I dont trust the saudi government as they support and fund Iran international which backs separatism and chaos in Iran but i do hope we have peace one day.

[@Whats_my_name84]

Persian is a magical language

[@KoroushRP]

One thing this video forgets to mention is that Persians originally did not come from south of Iran, they came from west and north, from Parsua and Parsumesh, invaded the elamite city of anshan and established the southern Persian state Parsa, or new Persia. Luri, bakhtiari, mazandarani, basseri, sistani, achomi, gilaki, tat, feyli, old Azeri and even kermanshahi as well as “kurdish” kurmanji are actually descended of middle Persian Pahlavi Parsig and most are considered as Persian dialects or languages and are therefore Persian peoples, not just new Persian speakers.

[@Zubair-Khan]

I wish Sanskrit live today then you will see what magic is....... but its no more Persian is so much like Sanskrit

[@jamjar1948]

@@Zubair-Khan They are relative languages

[@mohammadmahdimohammadi2435]

From the beginning until now, there are several branches of Persian languages, all of which are sub-groups of Indo-European languages, and historically, the languages ​​of this group were similar to Persian languages, not the other way around.

[@paulheydarian1281]

So if I learn Persian, I'll be able to do actual magic with it? Will I be able to make my wife more attractive? 🤔 That would require a lot of Strong Magic.

[@monosodiumglutemate8216]

I'm a trilingual Saudi but I started learning Farsi recently because I love the way it sounds. I speak Urdu, so farsi has been easier for me than I thought.

[@amj.composer]

Yes, Urdu is a fascinating mix between Khariboli Hindustani and Persian. The grammar is all Hindustani but the Vocab is heavily Persian, that's why I absolutely love Urdu (and ultimately Hindustani). I'm learning Farsi too (native hindi speaker who learnt to speak read and write Urdu outside school) and it's seriously so easy 😂. I'm assuming since you're Saudi you also speak Arabi, does that make persian vocab a little easier or not much?

[@newestflameneverdies]

​​@@amj.composerNo, it doesn't make it easy all. Maybe one day you people are actually able to appreciate and respect Persian for its identity.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

Yeah please stop. Iranians dislike Arabs.

[@shinchan-pt9rn]

​@@newestflameneverdieswe do respect farsi language as it is similar to sanskrit and one more this language is medim to convey messages so language doesn't have religion

[@newestflameneverdies]

@@shinchan-pt9rnPersian and Sanskrit are ancient languages that have Aryan roots. Avestan (Iranian) and Sanskrit (Indian) are also ancient lithurgical languages for religious scripts.

[@Bestitiqueen]

Persian language has lots of feelings and beautiful poems❤🇮🇷

[@amj.composer]

Yes, I read Urdu poetry but then I started reading some Amir Khusro who wrote half in Urdu half in Persian and I was very intrigued by the beauty of his Persian lines. That's why I wanna learn Persian.

[@SUPER_JAVI]

I am currently learning Farsi, it just sounds so beautiful ❤

[@Harfi-dil-2004]

You from?

[@SUPER_JAVI]

@@Harfi-dil-2004 USA

[@KoroushRP]

One thing this video forgets to mention is that Persians originally did not come from south of Iran, they came from west and north, from Parsua and Parsumesh, invaded the elamite city of anshan and established the southern Persian state Parsa, or new Persia. Luri, bakhtiari, mazandarani, basseri, sistani, achomi, gilaki, tat, feyli, old Azeri and even kermanshahi as well as “kurdish” kurmanji are actually descended of middle Persian Pahlavi Parsig and most are considered as Persian dialects or languages and are therefore Persian peoples, not just new Persian speakers.

[@Soap_bubbles591]

@KoroushRP Bravo 👏 🙌 ,Ancient Persian is the ancestry language of all new Iranian languages from the western branch and the Persian tribes were not just settled in the Persis region ,but according to herodotus the nomadic tribes of the Persian tribal confederation were spread all over the Iranian plateau .But luri and New Persian are the direct descendants of Middle Persian( Sassanid Persian) ,while other Western new-Iranian languages branched out earlier and are indirect descendants .

[@middleeastobserver6023]

بنازمت سالار.، دست مریزاد و تنت به ناز طبیبان محتاج مباد.

[@tapukoko813]

As a Persian hearing you talk about our culture and history was such a pleasure

[@s.j4606]

چه افسوس که یک ایرانی این همت رو بخرج نداده چنین کار زیبایی خلق کنه. بهر حال دست ایشون درد نکنه .

[@aaronanonymous5385]

She is mistaking you for someone else. Persians don't exist, and Iran is land of the medians meds. Not persian mongols

[@Randomperson24775]

Yess this made me so happy

[@nilgungungor264]

Farsça şarkılar dinlemeyi seviyorum, her ne kadar anlamasam da sadece dilin sesi hoşuma gittiği için arada TRT 2'de çıkan alt yazılı İran filmlerini seyrediyorum.Kulağa çok sevimli geliyor. KZbin'da böyle kültürel ve bilgilendirici videolar yapan kanallar olması çok değerli, o yüzden Zoe bu içeriklerin nedeniyle ellerine sağlık🙏 Türkiye'den sevgiler 🇹🇷

[@leeyeganeh1]

Thank you

[@BehnamAltafi-km3dw]

Saĝul

[@ankitshaw165]

Bro in Islamism song and singing instrument are banned 😂😂

[@pinhan4145]

@@ankitshaw165you don’t know anything about Islam.

[@ankitshaw165]

@@pinhan4145 Brother, don't teach, Islam only teaches hatred towards other religions.

[@zooropa414]

i am an Arab and i have always loved Persians despite political stands,

[@leeyeganeh1]

Thank You

[@metiseh]

Forget the political stand... let's live our best life as humans. You have our respect! :)

[@hayabusa1329]

Ok and

[@mahsam2883]

Thanks ❤❤❤

[@user-qk2cp4xm2k]

I give salaam to all the Persian-speaking people from the Persians of Tajikistan. 🇹🇯❤

[@user-wk3lk6zv8n]

🇮🇷❤🇹🇯

[@zahrag3466]

سلام به شما 👋

[@leeyeganeh1]

Salam🤍

[@user-qk2cp4xm2k]

@@leeyeganeh1 Aleikum Salam

[@miladabdi5461]

سلام و درود بر شما

[@robertvahedi3350]

Zoe, this was simply an amazing journey through Persian language and history. Bravo to you! Your Persian accent is so sweet too!

[@zoe.languages]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@spockbella]

Yup … So much info in a short video

[@KoroushRP]

@@zoe.languagesgreat video but One thing this video forgets to mention is that Persians originally did not come from south of Iran, they came from west and north, from Parsua and Parsumesh, invaded the elamite city of anshan and established the southern Persian state Parsa, or new Persia. Luri, bakhtiari, mazandarani, basseri, sistani, achomi, gilaki, tat, feyli, old Azeri and even kermanshahi as well as “kurdish” kurmanji are actually descended of middle Persian Pahlavi Parsig and most are considered as Persian dialects or languages and are therefore Persian peoples, not just new Persian speakers. These other dialects and languages are even more Persian and closer to old and middle Persian than new Persian. They also have less foreign loanwords.

[@lukitoaditama8145]

​@@zoe.languagesbahasa Indonesia very easy Try studinya

[@muhd7144]

​@@lukitoaditama8145"try studynya"??? What is "nya"???

[@littleworld8157]

Very nice effort to show the Persian history and culture. Thank you!

[@user-hb1re6ls6b]

Hello Zoe, great work👏, I am from Samarkand and proud to know all great people from my mother language. I grew up studying literature in my native Persian Tajik language, but nowadays, unfortunately Persian schools were closed in old cities, including Samarkand and Bukhara. This hurts the people of those cities, because their children do not know their mother tongue and history!

[@monikaherath7505]

Woah I didn't kknow that. Why is Persian banned? IS there an "Uzbekization" policy? Who caused this?

[@Mc3U]

As persian this video makes me feel happy. Thank you for making video and paying attention to persian language

[@nelsonmandela129]

JAVID SHAH

[@You66542]

​@@nelsonmandela129جاوید❤❤

[@KoroushRP]

One thing this video forgets to mention is that Persians originally did not come from south of Iran, they came from west and north, from Parsua and Parsumesh, invaded the elamite city of anshan and established the southern Persian state Parsa, or new Persia. Luri, bakhtiari, mazandarani, basseri, sistani, achomi, gilaki, tat, feyli, old Azeri and even kermanshahi as well as “kurdish” kurmanji are actually descended of middle Persian Pahlavi Parsig and most are considered as Persian dialects or languages and are therefore Persian peoples, not just new Persian speakers.

[@real_69_69_]

​@@KoroushRPداداش گفت چرا کسمغز بازی در میاری

[@paymanzargar3635]

کوسمغزترین ایرانی ها، چسبیدن هنوز به شاه، کسی که حتی اختیار کاخ خودش رو نداشت، سیمهای تلفن کاخ مسقیم وصل بود به سفارت انگلیس ، مهمتر از همه وقتی کشتی ایران در حال غرق شدن بود ، شاه یا ناخدای کشتی اولین نفری بود که کشتی رو ترک کرد و مردمش رو بحال خود گذاشت تا غرق شوند، این شاه و تمام تخم و ترکه اش حق زندگی ندارند

[@Daniel-db3pp]

Excellent. I am Persian and have read a few Persian language historic books. Your explanation is perfect. I have not seen anyone explain the history of the Persian language as eloquently as you have. And as it appears Persian is not your primary or even secondary language. I tip my hat to you.👌👌👌👌👋👋👋👋🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@mohsenezati5820]

Your information about my country, Iran, the Persian language, and the history of this land is accurate and excellent👍💯❤🇮🇷🇮🇷

[@soledadmullin7113]

I am impressed by this gorgeous video filled with tons of information and presented in a dynamic and easy to follow way. All is here for us to be able to delve and research those periods or historical figures that we would like to study deeper. This has the quality of a university presentation. I'm very grateful for this, Zoe!

[@saeedkazzemi]

Will you marry me???

[@PersianVS]

Thank you very much for working hard on the Persian language and sharing information about it❤❤❤🇮🇷

[@GolshabtopIrani]

That is not the Iranian flag! Lion and sun are our flag Down to the terrorist Islamic Republic regime

[@Ali-ms3ob]

❤❤❤❤❤❤بسیار عالی بود سپاسگزارم بانوی گرامی❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-vd2sc6mj6f]

Persian one of the best language in the world and this language is so old and beautiful 😍

[@TheArtlight]

Thank you for this documentary, you have been able to summarize the whole evolution quite nicely ❤🙏🏻

[@ba-qz1pq]

Thank you for hard works you've done on this video and for sharing information. I'm learning persian since 2years ago and i can confirm that sometimes learning new persian words , gave history and ancient vibes.

[@l.i.surgeon]

Thanks for showing our culture and language❤

[@Vladimir_putin1]

But where is her hijab 😅

[@l.i.surgeon]

@@Vladimir_putin1 i think the thumbnail pic was taken when she traveled to iran not now, mr president😅

[@sara-fp6zm]

​@Vladimir_putin1 hijab is compulsory in Iran since 1979 till now which we fights against this barbaric low we lost 1000 people only last year in demonstration against Islamic Republic!

[@Vladimir_putin1]

@@sara-fp6zm May God give strength to the women of Iran to fight the oppressive Islamic regime

[@user-pv5ze6vr6x]

As an Iranian, I can only say thank you

[@ogrenmekeyfi7593]

Thank you for your time and efforts to make such an informative video! People like you definitely enhance the value of KZbin

[@theculturedkidlanguages]

Gosh this is such a fascinating video! Thankyou so much for the introduction!

[@mardan1974]

Excellent job Zoe! One thing to add is that there is a long list of English words with Persian origin as well. Some of the words including Candy, Caravan, Shawl, Lemon, Pajamas, Spinach, Bazaar, Khaki, and Checkmate are all Persian.

[@KoroushRP]

One thing this video forgets to mention is that Persians originally did not come from south of Iran, they came from west and north, from Parsua and Parsumesh, invaded the elamite city of anshan and established the southern Persian state Parsa, or new Persia. Luri, bakhtiari, mazandarani, basseri, sistani, achomi, gilaki, tat, feyli, old Azeri and even kermanshahi as well as “kurdish” kurmanji are actually descended of middle Persian Pahlavi Parsig and most are considered as Persian dialects or languages and are therefore Persian peoples, not just new Persian speakers.

[@asalhaydary6560]

Iranian people, not Persian. There’s a reason they’re not called Persian. They may speak Persian as their second language but mother tongue would be Kurdish, azeri, Arabic etc and although they’re culturally close, there are still differences.

[@KoroushRP]

@@asalhaydary6560 what are you on about? Im talking about ethnic Persians here and subgroups of Persians who are the majority of Iran, Tajikistan, north afghanistan and other places.

[@KoroushRP]

@@asalhaydary6560 We have many different words to refer to Persians as the name of the people changed historically depending on the areas they lived in, luri, bakhtiari, tat, basseri, sistani, Fars, Tajik, mazani, gilaki, hazara, even certain Kurds like kermanshahi and feyli people (kurd originally meant nomad and was not an ethnicity) are Persian peoples. Even Iranian Persian standard speakers dont say Persian or even Fars usually, doesnt mean they arent Persian.

[@lambert801]

​​@@asalhaydary6560 You seem to be Iranian and yet don't know what Persian means? Fars people are the same as Persians. About 60% of Iranians are Persian.

[@333system]

This video was so good!! But its a bit of a problem,, because I am already studying too many languages and you just made me so motivated to learn Persian / Farsi as well hahahah

[@SUPER_JAVI]

What languages are you learning?

[@Hermesborugerdian]

It’s worth it.

[@strkml1767]

You won't regret, it's a magical world

[@bijan7d470]

Thank you for sharing your information about the history of the Persian language❤

[@ar.zakeri98]

I can't find words to describe your valuable work. It was unique🔥❤

[@ahmadullahtajalli8354]

In Afghanistan 🇦🇫 near 60% people has Persian as their mother tongue and 80% of people can talk Persian fluently

[@Aceo_0]

Modern Persian developed in Afghanistan. It was spreaded by Ghaznavids and Samanids.

[@ahmadullahtajalli8354]

@@Aceo_0 actually it was developed in Samarkand and Bukhara in the Samanid’s Court by Ismail Samanid

[@Aceo_0]

@@ahmadullahtajalli8354 you're right but Samankhoda, the founder of the dynasty was a local Bactrian, governor of Balkh plus Ghaznavids and successor dynasties popularized the language. Ghaznavids by conquering Arab speaking Buyids and changing the lingua franca of the region present day Iran to Persian which was continued by Seljuks, and Ghorids by conquering India. The language of the court in Delhi sultanate was Persian and it remained untill the reign of British raj. Plus Samarkand, Merv had close relationship with people of Afghanistan.

[@ahmadullahtajalli8354]

@@Aceo_0 yea.. u r right…

[@kouroshkabir9049]

زنده باد تمام فارسی‌زبانان دنیا

[@Saba-vm3od]

Iran is so beautiful, history of Iran, culture of Iran and etc🇮🇷🫶🏻

[@GolshabtopIrani]

That is not the Iranian flag! Lion and sun are our flag Down to the terrorist Islamic Republic regime

[@saina.zafari3927]

It is a source of pride for us Iranians that foreigners learn our language or share about our culture and history in virtual space. Your pronunciation is excellent, all your information was complete and accurate, thank you 💜🦋

[@orwahs6275]

As a persian i appreciate ur efforts and love for iran it really makes me proud as an persian 🥹❤️❤️

[@alibaba-wl8jb]

She made so many mistakes

[@hayabusa1329]

​@@alibaba-wl8jbso?

[@mbods5705]

You are absolutely Genius, in knowing many languages including this beautiful persian language 🤗👏👏

[@ahmadteymouri3814]

Good for you, thanks for such a great explanation of Iran's culture

[@minashahyarasr9709]

best video I have seen about the history of Iran and persian speaking regions, from the begging to modern day, thank you for making the effort to deliver an accurate and engaging content

[@sanramondublin]

It takes a superb Chinese scholar ( and also super great look) to give a scholarly presentation about the Persian language. It is the best I have seen so far in last 50 years as an Iranian diaspora. Thank you Professor Zoe, I hope you get the young Iranian and Chinese linguists to do translations between the two ancient cultures who have been living next to each other for more than 2500 years , but not much literature translations between two. Thanks millions from California.

[@HAhsh-xq4gh]

👍

[@En30sApp]

Thank you for your fascinating video on the history and evolution of the Persian language. It's amazing to see how languages transform over time, from Old Persian to the modern version we know today.

[@farnazbagheri6152]

Wow!!! This is so perfectly described. Thank you so much ❤

[@MMI445]

Thank you for providing a comprehensive overview of the Persian language dynamics. Regarding Afghanistan I can say that 80-90 % population can speak and understand Farsi and it is a language every ethnic group communicate with each other and widely used as lingua franca. It's interesting to note the political motivations behind the shift from calling the language Farsi to Dari. It is since 1964 that the Dari replaced Farsi and promoted by the Afghanistan government. The decision behind to replacing Persian was more political than linguistic to support an Afghan state narrative. The distinction between Dari and Farsi in Afghanistan seems to be more of a formal designation imposed by the government, while the people continue to refer to their language as Farsi. The term Dari imposed upon them by the Afghan government as an effort detach Afghanistan from the deep-rooted culture, linguistic and historical connections with the wider Persian speaking world, especially Iran, Tajikistan. It's also noteworthy that, despite the formal shift in terminology, the linguistic similarities between the formal written Persian of Afghanistan and Iran, and the mutual intelligibility between them, remain strong. This highlights the deep historical and cultural connections that transcend political boundaries.

[@DingDongb]

Persian language is the sweetest ❤

[@Irandoostantours]

Indeed

[@user-ou9no9wl4y]

We generally prefer to use the terms Persian or Parsi. The term Farsi originated from Arabic, which lacks the letter 'P.' In Arabic, words with 'P' are often replaced by 'F,' as seen in Persian words like 'پیل' (pil, pronounced fil), meaning elephant in Persian.

[@vannakinder352]

Who’s we? Did you take a poll on Iranian (and not just Iranian-American) opinion on it.

[@Soap_bubbles591]

​@@vannakinder352 "we "as in we Persians/Iranians , the name of our language has always been Parsi ,from Sassanid sources to Shahnameh , exactly what's the connections between Ferdowsi and Sassanid inscriptions to Americans ????

[@yarsaz4347]

@@vannakinder352 Are you trying to imply that Ferdowsi was an Iranian American? بسی رنج بردم در این سال سی عجم زنده کردم بدین پارسی

[@arya1357]

Yes, it used to be Parsi, but as an Iranian I have no issues to say Farsi

[@Soap_bubbles591]

@arya1357 As a human being you're entitled to do anything, you can call the English language Fingilish, Turkic language Dorkic, or the Japanese language " JaFanese". No one would really care , but the correct linguistic terms are Japanese and Persian/ Parsi .

[@alisamiian8481]

You speak Persian beautifully and your presentation made me indescribably happy. Well done! Zendebad!

[@TheGooner-uh2jx]

This video is so well made! Such beautiful culture and history summarized professionally in one video Thank you so much! I'm so impressed

[@Linglingyouforgotyablingbling]

Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video. It was very detailed oriented, interesting, and well put together. 💯🙌 The guy I like, this is one of his cultural races. So it felt like I was learning a little part about him and felt an unconscious connection. ☺️🙏

[@ecaterina02681]

You are awesome, Zoe! I appreciate your effort a lot! Thank you for giving me inspiration to learn languages!❤

[@mehdiassadi6946]

Wow im realy impress by your vast knowledge of both Iranian culture and history and im also aware of you having quite good informations on both Arabic and Turkish culture and history as well makes me speachless...realy amazing

[@khaterehkm3273]

Thank you for this introduction about Persian language! 💚🤍❤️

[@PanteA..]

This was very resourceful and very informative. Especially the fact that you have learned Farsi language and are pronouncing the Farsi words correctly. I was impressed and appreciative. Thank you.

[@shawnyousafi622]

Thank you for taking your time and telling our history to the world which we proud so much. Good thoughts, Good words, Good deeds.

[@tomasmartinek8330]

Thank you for your video. It was very interesting to watch a progress of Persian language during the centuries. 😊

[@txpgc4867]

Very accurate and well summarized, thanks ❤🤍💚🇮🇷🇨🇦

[@PHH81]

it gave me goosebumps.. it was really a complete explanation , thank you a lot Zoe!

[@skzstayforever1]

As an Iranian person I'm so glad to see your video❤ also you're so talented ✨

[@hormozpour5258]

Excellent! That was perfect! Short and useful. Thanks a lot.

[@freespeech8293]

Dear Zoe. What an enchanting video to talk about Farsi and review the history of Persian language. Nicely done, Thanks.

[@Iamsolluna]

Thank you Zoe for this video، I really enjoyed it 🥹💗✨

[@rezaadineh1132]

Nice work and thanks for sharing, I am a Persian guy and enjoy your effort on this video.

[@iraneman1668]

What a nice yet condense passage of Persian history and evolution. You did a great job here and way to go dear.

[@Shahanshah101]

The Arabic word Fauj is from the earlier Arabic word Fayj which itself is adopted from the Middle Persian word Payg (meaning "foot-soldier").

[@amj.composer]

That's actually insane, in Hindi we yse the word fauj for military and we have a sanskrit cognate for payg which is is "paad" and "pag" (meaning foot). And we still use those in Hindi. So we got Fauj from Persian, which they got from arabic, which they in turn got from Persian, which is a cognate with a word already in Hindi. Languages are amazing lmaoo

[@seanrowshandel1680]

"page" was a class name in feudal europe as well. There's no reason in claiming to be a "weird, separate country from everyone else". It was the most unethical group of people ever. All Arabization happened under the supervision of Persians, who accept no responsibility and insult China constantly, even though most of them are a bunch of weirdos whose mothers told them to do something very bad to their father.

[@newestflameneverdies]

​​@@seanrowshandel1680No such thing as "Arabization" happened anywhere. Persians would go and Persianize an area which benefit the people because of the rich and ancient Persian culture.

[@newestflameneverdies]

​​@@amj.composerIt's a Persian word originally.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

It's not insane. Persian is just influential.@@amj.composer

[@salheenhesham6888]

This episode is more than enjoyable and more than useful because you explained a lot of important information in a clear and enjoyable manner. I thank you for that and I invite you to continue and present an episode on the ancient Pharaonic language, the Phoenician language, and the Latin language.❤

[@sushiansmoallemi1740]

It was superbly presented. Well done❤❤❤

[@imranahmed786]

Thank you for an enlightening video. Superb effort

[@Soap_bubbles591]

Dear Zoe , you truly are a sweetheart and very talented , Parsi is the native name of this language ( used in Shahnameh by Fredowsi) and "Persian" (as you used) is the correct name of this fascinating language in English . Youre amazing, subbed and ❤

[@omidzakeri7393]

Thank you so much Zoe for making this great video.😊😊😊😊

[@sghavam9502]

I will thank you for such great insight and inspiring and honest way of explaining the history and cultural values of persia, thank you. ❤

[@MaxLearnsPersian]

Amazing video!!! Thank you for promoting this wonderful language and culture

[@mihaelaclaudiap..2]

Love your channel as you are amazing and I adore languages, I am a polyglot as well! You inspire me to continue studying languages!

[@nashgawri4869]

I really enjoyed this video. Your take and interpretation of Farsi/Dari and the cultural history associated with it along with it's influence was beautiful to see, Thank you 🙏 I am a Hindu Afghan living in Vancouver/Victoria BC for the past 40 years. I truly enjoy learning about other cultures and really appreciate seeing my fellow human beings doing the same. I'm looking forward to watching your other video in the near future. Shab bakher!!!

[@Ailar-bq2sz]

First of all, I want to say, it was great It was very informative and interesting, in fact, as an Iranian myself, I did't know some of them Thank you for everything 🙏💞

[@user-qg5di1iu4e]

You speak Farsi like native Iranians, great. Thanks for your valuable information. Greetings from Iran. سلام و درود

[@Soap_bubbles591]

پارسی / Persian درسته، لطفا از واژه درستش در زبان انگلیسی استفاده کنید

[@ciaronsmith4995]

It's called Parsi or Persian. Farsi is Arab mispronunciation.

[@flamencocristobal]

That was an awesome video....new style for Zoe and was a fun and informative journey that brought up points many others just don't think to include...definitely looking forward to more vids from her!!! 100%

[@zoe.languages]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@khateraataei9842]

?????@@zoe.languages

[@user-rt2xl7kq3t]

I am Tajik 🇹🇯 myself and live in South Korea🇰🇷. Zoe thank you very much for your hard work, I am proud that I am also part of this ancient Farsi people

[@mohamedashraffkaderbasha8346]

I simply love the presentation. Well done!!

[@userahmed190]

The most beautiful channel, keep making these beautiful and wonderful videos ❤

[@isalutfi]

*Persian Language :* 1. Iranian Persian 🇮🇷 2. Afghan Persian 🇦🇫 (Dari) 3. Tajiki Persian 🇹🇯 Also, there is Karbalai Persian in Irak 🇮🇶 besides some of Balochi (Eastern Persian) and Pashto (Eastern Iranian) in Pakistan 🇵🇰.

[@jamjar1948]

What about Kurds and lors and Pamiri?

[@jeanettenejadi1777]

They are all Iranian too. @@jamjar1948

[@user-nq5fp1nr9n]

فارسية بكربلاء 😂😂😂 منين جايب هذا الخرط😂😂😅😅

[@user-qk2cp4xm2k]

​@@jamjar1948The Pamirzi are not Persians, they took culture from the Persians and not which words and everything, otherwise their language is completely different

[@jamjar1948]

@@user-qk2cp4xm2k Their language is Iranian

[@kaoruatsumi2047]

這位妹妹雖然在發音上天賦一般，但是對語言研究有强大的興趣，也有很多獨到的見解。希望你的影片越做越好。

[@ishaqali4480]

Wonderfully, great presentation on personal language history, I am farsi speaker and appreciate your efforts connecting present with the past.

[@Pakdad]

آفرین به شما، زبان فارسی، شیرین مثل قند و عسله، درود بر شما❤🇮🇷🌹

[@parsagholampour6009]

Interesting! That was really informative and useful! Thank you...

[@mahdisepand2904]

Thank,s for made this video❤

[@faezehdoudman6013]

Thanks so much for providing Information about my mother tongue ❤

[@abood5319]

Great video, I will repeat it to listen again ❤

[@matina2055]

Wonderful Zoe, thanks for your effort and the beautiful work you did

[@marsmilkway]

I loved this video. your depth of knowledge was honourable.

[@behiran2252]

آفرین به شما بسیار خوب پارسی را گفتگو کردید آفرین به شما بانو❤❤👏👏🇮🇷🤝👍

[@Insearchtodestiny]

گفتگو نکرد صحبت کرد. گفت و گو به صحبت میان دو یا چند نفر می‌گویند

[@hadivatanparast4633]

​@@Insearchtodestinyفکر کنم برای اینکه صحبت عربیه گفت گفت و گو

[@mohammad.ali9046]

so glad to see this video about my language 🇮🇷🇮🇷

[@shandizuribe]

This was lovely! thank you.

[@barrykeynejad6096]

I thank you for such a vast explanation in short time. I did enjoy and will share this for sure. Mamnon.

[@shabor2006]

I love your persian videos so much! ❤️

[@maedehasanzade5396]

I adore you... thanks for this wonderful research about Iran

[@vick-bs4vg]

Thank you for such a magical information truly appreciated

[@khkhmiles]

Thanks , I am an Iranian however I learned a lot from your video

[@farzadmoradgholi280]

Despite the fact that you did not consider important parts, I liked your post to appreciate the promotion of the Persian language and recount the proud history of Iran, as an Iranian Parsi, I thank you.

[@unbiased786]

Thought long and hard on this topic. That was an outstanding summary of an outstanding culture.

[@mosqutio88]

Wow, high quality production.

[@Rosa_french]

Wow!! I'm from Iran I wannt to say You are perfect! 🤍👌🏻🥹

[@learnwith-mooniechan]

hii, would u like to be my language partner? im trying to learn persian

[@Rosa_french]

@@learnwith-mooniechan Oh That's good😉❤.. I can't say yes exactly , I'm so busy! but You can speak with me sometimes..For example one day on the week or in a month, We speak with each other in persian if you like🙂How we can speak with each other(Where)?

[@jennafloww]

Thank you so much for this amazing video Zoe! It's much harder to find videos about Persian so I am glad you are covering this wonderful language too. Is it possible you could make a video about Persian like your "How to Learn ___ from 0 to Fluency" series? It would really help those of us learning Persian if you could share your resources, methods, and tips with us since not many people cover this language!

[@zoe.languages]

Next video 😉

[@creeper9522]

am interested that you want to learn our language

[@jonam7589]

There are tons of materials about anything Persian including the language, cooking, history and much from the experts. Do a little research, you'll find them. I don't think this is the best source to learn Persian from a chinese.

[@behzadshhassni1645]

I'm a native farsi speaker & my second is english . It'll be my pleasure to help you with learning PARSI .

[@samsonic1978]

Hi Zoe and thank you for putting together this great informative video on Persian language. I'm a native Persian speaker and to answer your question in regards to whether to use "Parsi" or "Farsi", I must say "Parsi" is the correct term. Unfortunately "Parsi" had been changaed to "Farsi" post Arab invasion of Persia around 1400 years ago. The reason being is that Arabs do not have the letter "P" in their alphabet. During their invasion, they forced scholars to publish their work replacing "P" to "F" in this specific context and that's how this was changed. So "Parsi" is the correct term even though some less literate Iranian/Persian don't know the difference and why they say Farsi.

[@iz1885]

ای ول! دمت گرم. روشنمون کردی

[@parisajavaher9072]

سپاس دوست عزیزم به خاطر توضیحات دقیق تون 😊من هم براش پست گذاشتم که عربها گ و چ و‌پ و ژ ندارند و عربها براشون گفتن حرف پ سخت بوده میگفتند فارسی و پارسی درسته ❤ آفرین به هوشیاری و دقت شما بزرگوار🙏🌺

[@shawnyousafi622]

From bottom my heart thank you for beautifully describe our culture ❤️

[@TimB-gt9of]

Thanks Zoa for extraordinary through and complete explanation about our Persian language ❤❤. I think Persian speaking people should reward you for this great job you have done for free for them . Thanks again ❤