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

[@Hiro-f2i]

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

[@sanoatdodoboeva5817]

I am Tajik and live in Korea too. What a coincidence )

[@persianguy1524]

Hello to our Persian Tajik brothers

[@BamdadBamdad-k4p]

@@persianguy1524 Iranian people . is part of iran

[@shavqatulloyevibodullo]

@@sanoatdodoboeva5817 i'm tajik too and i live in uzbekistan

[@aliv8168]

عشقی ❤

[@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

[@persianguy1524]

🇮🇷 💪

[@hamidzare5004]

​@@s.j4606اتفاقا ما کارشناسای زیادی توی این رشته داریم ولی کلیپهاشون فقط به فارسی موجودن مثل دکتر الهی قمشه‌ای. گویش این خانم کارشناس هم ( که اسمشو نمیدونم) واقعا منحصر بفرده...چون هم درصد اطلاعات و آیکیوش بالاس و هم صدا و چهره‌اش جادوییه

[@AlirezaHakimnia]

As an Iranian, my heart swells with pride when I think about our rich tapestry of culture, history, and heritage. But what truly fills me with awe is our language, Persian. It's not just a way to communicate, it's a treasure trove of poetry, wisdom, and stories passed down through generations. I feel a deep connection to its rhythm and beauty, and it's hard to imagine a language more expressive or nuanced. It's like a window into our soul, reflecting the depth and complexity of our civilization.

[@saeedmfz2653]

How magnificent! Thanks for such a poetic expression, being shared...

[@Suhaniii_05]

Your Persian language is similar to our sanskrit ❤❤ love from india 🇮🇳✨❤

[@SUPER_JAVI]

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

[@SUPER_JAVI]

@user-yp9sn3cd8y 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.

[@Light_spot_]

@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 .

[@achiq.mikrofon]

Don't waste your time. It's a fucked language with 65% Arabic

[@Zagros_1948]

Ewaaa🤪

[@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.

[@TimB-gt9of]

Thanks!

[@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"???

[@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.

[@littleworld8157]

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

[@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❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@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 ❤❤❤

[@nomesa7374]

Dear Arab friend, we Iranians also hate our government. This government does not represent iranian/Persian Values. They represent foreign values. I am happy that you love us. Thanks!

[@sak1339]

Such an impressive well organized documentary of a very long and complex history. Amazingly well done! In addition, she pronounces Farsi words with such finesse -- like a native speaker.

[@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.

[@ariebrahim2011]

60%arabic😏🤣

[@persianguy1524]

@@ariebrahim201114-20% and every single arabic word we have or english word we have a Persian equivalent. Persian equivalent words that are replacing the foreign words more and more.

[@texmexexpress]

​@@ariebrahim2011Lmao no, less than 5% but all of arabic grammar was written by a Persian XD u literally have no language

[@texmexexpress]

​​@@ariebrahim2011No, the entire Persian dictionary records less than 5% words of Arabic origin. Even for those few borrowed Arabic words, Persian has its own native equivalents that it uses instead. Now let's compare that to Arabic where the entirety of Arabic grammar was written by the Persian scholar Sibawayh and wouldn't even exist without Persians creating it. Know your place, Bedouin. 😏🤣

[@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?

[@texmexexpress]

​​@@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]

​@@texmexexpresswe 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

[@texmexexpress]

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

[@Mr_Chapline]

از این که میبینم افرادی علاقمند به یادگیری زبان فارسی هستند بسیار خوشحال میشم❤

[@Npc-AA]

what is this language?

[@JustPourya]

​@@Npc-AAPersian

[@aliv8168]

Persian ​@@Npc-AA

[@Mc3U]

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

[@nelsonmandela129]

JAVID SHAH

[@KURD66542]

​@@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.

[@User12345r-n]

​@@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.👌👌👌👌👋👋👋👋🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@Suhaniii_05]

Hey Iranian love from india 🇮🇳🫂 Persian language is very similar with our hindu sanskriti religion language 🇮🇷❤️🇮🇳

[@KoroushGhahremanian]

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

[@Мастер-класс-л5ц]

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

[@sosis-s1k]

🇮🇷❤🇹🇯

[@zahrag3466]

سلام به شما 👋

[@leeyeganeh1]

Salam🤍

[@Мастер-класс-л5ц]

@@leeyeganeh1 Aleikum Salam

[@dancingaroundwithai]

سلام و درود بر شما

[@Ramtin-u7t]

As an Iranian, I can only say thank you

[@yousefhejazi2580]

This video provides a deep insight into the Persian language, presented beautifully. As an Iranian, I take pride in our rich culture. Thank you for this fascinating work. سپاس فراوان

[@mohsenezati5820]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@Amirhossein_ebrahimi11]

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

[@ALOK-pe5fp]

😂😂😂😂no way Sanskrit is much better in every aspect from grammar to philosophy, it is greatest language on earth

[@texmexexpress]

@@ALOK-pe5fpOnly in ur dreams

[@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

[@Blinkstiez]

سپاس از شما بابت این ویدیوی زیبا ^^ ❤

[@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.

[@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???

[@mbods5705]

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

[@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.

[@mohammadsadri641]

سلام وخسته نباشید ممنون از برنامه خوبتون و با ارزویه موففقیت برایه شما و همه ادم خوبایه رو زمین

[@freespeech8293]

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

[@ecaterina02681]

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

[@JustPourya]

I enjoy that you introduce our language. Thanks from Iran❤

[@SalmanFarsi14]

سلام و درود بر شما ! کلیپ شما خیلی عالی است سپاسگزارم بنده یک استاد زبان فارسی هستم از کشور آرژانتین

[@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. ☺️🙏

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@arminam-k8n]

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

[@Light_spot_]

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

[@ciaronsmith4995]

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

[@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.

[@Light_spot_]

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 ❤

[@ogrenmekeyfi7593]

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

[@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]

👍

[@Am-zr4pl]

Fantastic video, what a nice way to cover such diverse Persian literature history. Please keep them coming and cover more Persian content.

[@Kiana-q3w]

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.

[@Light_spot_]

​@@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

[@Light_spot_]

@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 .

[@m95807]

خیلی قشنگ فارسی صحبت کردید... درود.... زنده باد بسیار مفید و دقیق و پرسون بود..ممنون

[@KhushwinderSandhu-tx8qs]

I am a polygot. I know Punjabi,Hindi,English,Urdu,Japanese,French,Spanish and learning Arabic and Farsi. Thanks because you always inspire me to learn Farsi.

[@nuzzlingfacts_9871]

Hello, Even I am polygot I know Hindi, Italian, arabic(saudi dialect) , romanain, Greek ( My father is from Greece) and Turkish.. Now I want to learn farsi

[@texmexexpress]

How about you start calling the language Persian?

[@samiahmadi6862]

Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu are almsot the same thing lol but still very impressive

[@Kouroshey]

داداش گوگل ترنزلیت خرته

[@ALOK-pe5fp]

​@@samiahmadi6862no hindi and Punjabi have more Sanskrit terms and Urdu have Persian terms because they believed invaders are superior 😂😂😂

[@King.Of.Persia]

زیباست سپاس از شما که آگاهی ما را نسبت به زبان پارسی افزایش دادید و زیبایی این زبان را نشان دادید.❤️‍🩹

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@ishaqali4480]

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

[@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!

[@Salmon-iv7du]

Salom from Tajikistan🇹🇯 It is very nice to hear your pronunciation in Persian❤. I will add from myself that, In Tajikistan, although the Persian language is called Tajik, it is Dari. Calling it Tajik was a necessity without which our country would not have become independent as a state. Therefore, Tajik is the same as Dari, except for the writing. We use letters from the Cyrillic alphabet:)

[@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.

[@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 💜🦋

[@munmunsarkar1726]

I m Indian and I used to thought arab, persian, Turkish as same language but now I salute to this great neighbouring civilization that the Iranians built. They invented freezer, windmills in ancient times and also invented guitar. Woa I love Iran. Don't let your culture to get lost due to religion extremism. India, Iran, China and Iraq are the jewels of Asia as they gave such great civilization and culture to humanity.

[@avestazaza7458]

Turkic mongol People ✌️🤣🤣

[@texmexexpress]

@@munmunsarkar1726Iranians have a unique and ancient civiliazation and culture which civilized the world. Thankfully, Iranians aren't religious. Iranians are the first to fight religious extremism as they are sick and tired of religion all together. By the way, Iranians are Aryans and speak Persian which is one of the oldest classical Indo-European languages on earth. Turkish and Arabic have nothing to do with Persian. Those are three completely different and unrelated languages. Also, what's hilarious is that your username "sarkar" is literally Persian, yet you had wrong information about Persian, lol.

[@munmunsarkar1726]

​@@texmexexpresswe are native people of India and mix of aryan, astro asuatic and Hunter gatherers. My name Anish Sarkar. Munmun is my mother's name. Sarkar surname origined during Islamic rule in India. It was based on our ancestor's profession who worked for kings. Surname tradition origined only during 800 years ago.

[@munmunsarkar1726]

​@@texmexexpressmost muslim emperors of india were persian culturally.

[@texmexexpress]

@@munmunsarkar1726Sarkar is a Persian name, it consists of the Indo-European words sar and kar. Thats all what I wanted to say. And yes, most Indian emperors were Persianized and adopted Persian culture. Like in Europe, where most emperors were Frenchified and adopted French culture.

[@HamidFarzaneh-j7k]

Brava Zoe! Such a clear description of my beloved Persian language history 🙏🏼👏👏👏

[@ShahanshahShahin]

The Perso-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.

[@texmexexpress]

​​@@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.

[@texmexexpress]

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

[@ciaronsmith4995]

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

[@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?

[@FariborzAzari-xz7nu]

Very educational, informative with a good and thorough knowledge about Persian history, culture and its sweet and evolving Farsi language. Thank you, Zoe for good work.

[@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

[@GulmiraSh-i7g]

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?

[@Star2ice]

It is so sad to hear this. It is a genocide of culture and identity of a nation. What language do the children learn now?

[@texmexexpress]

​@@Star2iceCentral Asian Persians (Iranic Tajiks) are forced to speak the Turkic Mongol Uzbek language in the historical Persian cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. Uzbekistan is a newly created Soviet State established on historical Iranian lands for the Turkic Mongol Uzbek nomads who invaded Persianate Central Asia.

[@texmexexpress]

@@monikaherath7505Uzbekistan is a newly created Soviet state established on historically Iranian lands for the Turkic Mongol Uzbek nomads who invaded Persianate Central Asia. The Tajiks, the native Iranic inhabitants of the region, are banned from speaking their sophisticated Persian mother tongue, the refined and prestigious historical language of Persianate Central Asia. They are being forced to speak the Turkic Mongol Uzbek language.

[@monikaherath7505]

@@texmexexpress Simple question: why? Why ban the beautiful and sublime Persian language and its associated literature and poetry?

[@alisamiian8481]

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

[@Hellomukskans]

Persian language is the sweetest ❤

[@Irandoostantours]

Indeed

[@parsarustami774]

Thank you for this video. West always sees middle east as arabia. Even in movies and video games that persians are included they portrayed them as arabs and indians its just so embarrassing. sometimes i feel like they seeing the current regime and the mullahs in iran and they think iran was like this back in day.

[@samantarmaxammadsaciid5156]

“it's just so embarrassing”?! Why it's so embarrassing?! Proud / embarrassment, = same reflection = internal conflict!!!

[@maysam_7807]

رژیم ایران نماینده مردم نیست این را میشود با صحبت در کوچه و خیابان های ایران از زبان میلیون ها ایرانی شنید.بیش از چهل سال است که در مورد فرهنگ و تمدن این مردم در دنیا توسط رژیم یا غربی ها کوتاهی شده و حتی دروغ گفته شده.ما به اصالت خود بر میگردیم و دنیا خواهد فهمید که ایرانیان چه فرهنگ و تمدن غنی دارند✌️❤️🤍💚

[@hosseincholaky6201]

​@@samantarmaxammadsaciid5156 I think he wanted to say sad, because people around the world don't know we are persians not arabs. there nothing to be embarrassment being arab. they are good people. and what is important is being good .

[@ironfistarrival]

Of course it is embracing , Marg bar Esslameh eh Kessafat eh Lajan .

[@nelsonmandela129]

Marg bar jomburi eslami

[@shinigamigamer803]

درود ، دوست من 👋🏻👋🏻D: Persian speaker here! Good luck on learning persian my friend I'm glad our language is getting more attention :)))

[@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🙏🌺

[@mohammad.ali9046]

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

[@ABSOLUTENUMBNESS]

از اطلاعاتی که به اشتراک گزاشتید ممنونیم.🪄 خصوصا اون بخش های تاریخیش🫴🏽🪼 در ضمن فارسی صحبت کردن شما زیبا بود🩵

[@CanaaniteGuy]

Love Persian People , Culture, Food and Language. From Palestine.

[@SeyedAbolfazlHosseini1991]

💞ممنون از توجه شما به زبان فارسی

[@kssandhu4693]

Zoe..thanks for quick rap on this incredible unique linguistic subject, could you pls put some references sources for the maps you projected n your research. Your presentation is very fast n just trying to catch up..great job..regards..

[@ChenZheChina]

我是北京人，偶然看到你的视频，听到了熟悉的家乡口音，很开心。祝你的频道蒸蒸日上❤

[@Pakdad]

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

[@shabor2006]

I love your persian videos so much! ❤️

[@FluffIsTheWay]

سلام امیدوارم حال شما بسیار عالی باشه خیلی ممنون از زحمتی که کشیدین و زبان پارسی رو در این ویدیو آوردین.

[@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 .

[@elinaaso]

Persian language is one of the most melodious and fluent languages in the world, very romantic and tender🥰

[@LuggageLife]

I really can't describe how much I love these videos! 😍 they are so well done. The editing is superb, and I can tell you really do your research on these topics Zoe 🙌🏻👏🏻 maybe the next one will be Turkish? I know you don't speak Greek, but I think Greek would be a very cool language to do one of these videos on. It's also very beautiful, complex and has a deep and rich history. Just a suggestion! 😁

[@zoe.languages]

Turkish will be the next ! 😉

[@whitetiger7277]

​​@@zoe.languagesi'm so eager to watch the target video turkish is the language of our brothers Love from Uzbekistan🇺🇿

[@avestazaza7458]

Turkic mongol People. Not Persia

[@metehangokturk9696]

​@@avestazaza7458 .. Zoe wrote above that her next project is Turkish

[@metehangokturk9696]

@@whitetiger7277 .. Türkiye,den .. Özbekistan, Kazakistan, Türkmenistan, Kirgizistan, Azerbeycan ve Sincan / Uygur Kardeslerime Selamlar.

[@davodpopal]

خسته نباشید تشکر از این کار بسیار خوب شما Don't worry, thank you for your very good work❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@txpgc4867]

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

[@silversurfer8237]

This is a very informative video. Western sources rarely exist to explain the origins and history of Persia so well.

[@azadees5920]

Wow you’re Persian accent is excellent 😍

[@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

[@نابليون-ش7م]

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

[@Мастер-класс-л5ц]

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

[@jamjar1948]

@@Мастер-класс-л5ц Their language is Iranian

[@danialroslan1531]

Great video about Farsi! Do Malay/Indonesian next please

[@sam8176]

Awesome! Thanks for great content about great Persian (Iran). Without Iran , civilisation couldn’t form.

[@ShidaTok]

The true name of the language is Parsi. It got changed to Farsi after Arabs attacked and occupied Iran. Since in Arabic we don’t have the alphabet P, Arabs couldn’t pronounce Parsi so they changed it to Farsi. Iran managed to gain the independence again but some Arabic culture still remained powerful through the influence of Islam. That’s why many Arabic words were imported to Persian language and it was called Farsi instead of Parsi. Thanks for this informative video 🙏❤️

[@Aksarallah]

Arabs attacked? More like defended themselves from the Sassanids who attacked first and allied with Byzantine empire Of course Arabs were simply superior military wise and thrashed both of them

[@Hamidrza949]

آفرین آبجی

[@Firdus211]

U are just Iranian it's not necessary to mention that you moved to the us we all know what is west with doing with Persians their culture and history

[@Light_spot_]

@ahmadfaridhabibi8388 Persians are Persians ,whether they' live in America or China or Iran.🟥The Persians (/ˈpɜːrʒənz/ PUR-zhənz or /ˈpɜːrʃənz/ PUR-shənz) are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran.[4] They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language[6][7][8] as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian.[9] Historically, people from Iran called themselves Persian as a nationality, (as opposed to Iranian), regardless of their ethnic background due to its historical usage as a xenonym.

[@Aksarallah]

@@Light_spot_ You know nothing do you? Persia is a foreign name used by the Greeks the real name is Iranshahar (Empire of Aryans) shortened to Iran. This is what Iranians called themselves.

[@ruveydadndr.]

The Best video about middle east . It is excellence . I love Persian culture so much, so thank you very much .

[@texmexexpress]

Persian culture is Iran and Central Asia. The Middle East isn't Persian.

[@ruveydadndr.]

@@texmexexpress I know that , but there are many common cultural patterns. Persian Culture is a part of Middle East. I am from Turkey and I saw many common things. Yes not Middle East but a part of Middle east

[@texmexexpress]

@@ruveydadndr.Persian culture isn't part of the Middle East, but it has influenced the Middle East. The Ottomans adapted many things from Persian culture.

[@zamira7208]

Persian language is characterized by an intrinsic musicality that makes it a wonderfully pleasant language to listen to. I love it!

[@B_Delsara]

Love from Afghanistan. My language is also Farsi (Persian)❤

[@ShahanshahShahin]

𐬁𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬨 𐬑𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬋 𐬪𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬉 𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬉𐬨 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬘𐬀𐬵 *_Aryanam Khvarano Yazamaide. Airyanem Vaejah_* (We praise the glory of Iran. The Iranian motherland)

[@SinaPoorjafarijafroodi]

بسیار شیوا و زیبا بود، سپاسگزارم از شما بانو بایت ساخت این نما. زنده باد

[@barristerziamamun5882]

Dear Zoe, ​​⁠An excellent video indeed. In my imagination I was thinking - it’s a lecture in Oxford University classroom on Persian/Farsi. I enjoyed it throughly. Please keep up your good works to spread knowledge, language, history and culture. Thanks.

[@noricd]

This is a fast-paced overview in English of the literary history and the evolution of scripts and languages in Iran and nearby, starting from about 2,000 BC. Zoe's native language is Chinese. She is undertaking a PhD from two universities in France and Germany. She speaks seven languages, she says "fluently" and has 554K followers on KZbin. The visual grammar of this video contrasts against styles prevailing in TV documentary making, a topic worth an article that I have not yet come across. Have you? The pace and profusion of visuals helped sustain my engagement for the 19 minutes, though a couple of times I fast-forwarded bits. Now, if her script insights, vocabulary and delivery improved, to be even more in an erudite video essay style, I may then not skip forward. Those improvements usually come with age. Zoe remains a remarkable person of talent, as is evident in many of her other videos too where she speaks in her multiple languages.

[@theirantimes4913]

Thank you so much, Zoe. You've certainly done hard work for this programme. 👏