A Group of ladies singing a Dari song called Chak Chak
Also Known As:
Dari, "Gabri", "Gabar", "Yazdi", Gabri, Yazdi, Dari, Zoroastrian, Behdinan dialect
Dialects & Varieties
The Dari Language Project
Annahita Farudi and Maziar Toosarvandani. 2004. "The Dari Language Project." Online: http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~dari/index.html.
Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
4
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
3
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
No results found.
Semi-speakers or rememberers
No results found.
Children:
No results found.
Young adults
No results found.
Older adults
No results found.
Elders
No results found.
Ethnic or community population
No results found.
Year information was gathered
No results found.
Comments on speakers
"The Yazdi Zoroastrians’ desire to maintain the cultural heritage of their respective villages is apparent most strongly in their enthusiastic attitude towards the Dari language in general... [they] seem to take a great pride and interest in their language, and are not, as is often the case among speakers of a minority language, blatantly ashamed of it."
Location and Context
Countries
Iran
Location Description
No results found.
Government Support
No results found.
Institutional Support
No results found.
Speakers' Attitude
Positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
Persian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
None
Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
No results found.