Dari or Farsi?

[Virtual Afghans]

Dari or Farsi (two languages)

Salaaaaaaaaaaaam,

Why do we say we speak Farsi?

Our language is Dari the Mother of Farsi, but why are we keep calling we speak Farsi?

Isn’t the time to do something about it?

Let me know your thoughts

Thanx

Khoda Hafez

Chapandaz

[Virtual Afghans]

Oh Hi Bro Jan :)
hmm I dont know the exact reason 4 dat question...
but i think it\'s because there arent so many people who know
what dari is..
Especially in here where i live, the ppl dont get u when u say i speak Dari..
but when u say dat i speak Farsi so they say AHA OK!....ENETO BUGO NE :)

[Virtual Afghans]

You know.. me too I say Farsi to make things easier for ppl to understand. And even out of habit. But as Chapandaz eloquently notes we shouldnt do this.

Farsi is a language specifically associated with Fars province in Iran. It is Iranian.

When we say that we speak farsi, we are in actuality saying that we speak a language that belongs to Iran, and not only that, we are saying that we dont speak that Iranian language properly. This opens us up for criticism from them.

The above is of course not true but thats what it implies.

Dari is a unique language, and as was stated, is in fact the mother of farsi. Farsi derived from it.

When the poets wrote, they never said they were speaking farsi (except for ferdowsi who said "basi ranj bordam dar in sal si, ajam zenda kardam bedin parsi")

(http://members.tripod.com/~khorasan/Miscellaneous/Dari.htm)

You wont hear a Tajik saying they speak Farsi.. they always say Tajiki. Our language is much closer to theirs than to Iranian Farsi, so why do we say Farsi?

We should say Dari. Definately. 100%

Khoda Hafez :)

[Virtual Afghans]

You know.. me too I say Farsi to make things easier for ppl to understand. And even out of habit. But as Chapandaz eloquently notes we shouldnt do this.

Farsi is a language specifically associated with Fars province in Iran. It is Iranian.

When we say that we speak farsi, we are in actuality saying that we speak a language that belongs to Iran, and not only that, we are saying that we dont speak that Iranian language properly. This opens us up for criticism from them.

The above is of course not true but thats what it implies.

Dari is a unique language, and as was stated, is in fact the mother of farsi. Farsi derived from it.

When the poets wrote, they never said they were speaking farsi (except for ferdowsi who said "basi ranj bordam dar in sal si, ajam zenda kardam bedin parsi")

(http://members.tripod.com/~khorasan/Miscellaneous/Dari.htm)

You wont hear a Tajik saying they speak Farsi.. they always say Tajiki. Our language is much closer to theirs than to Iranian Farsi, so why do we say Farsi?

We should say Dari. Definately. 100%

Khoda Hafez :)
Salaaaaaaaaaaaam,

Thank you for sharing this.

But you know what, even Ferdawsi said:

Befarmod ta farsi Dari, Benaweshtand wa kotah shod Dawari

Khoda Hafez
Chapandaz