Thank you for supporting us. #MahsaAmini A few notes: 1) Luri is not really a dialect of Persian, I speak Persian and I can say that it's very unintelligible to Persian. It's very similar to middle Persian, the language spoken in Pre-Islamic Iran and the Sassanid and Parthain empires, I believe linguists who classify Luri as a dialect of Persian should reconsider. 2) Interestingly, Tat (mentioned here) and Tati are two different things, Tat and Judeo-Tat that are spoken in the republic of Azerbaijan and Dagestan republic of Russia are closely related to Persian (Though again, I found samples of it unintelligible and full of Azerbaijani loan words). While Tati, a language spoken in Iran is actually a northwestern Iranian language (Persian is southwestern) related to Kurdish, Balochi and Caspian languages. Tati and languages close to it (called Tatic languages) are probably what's left of Median and Parthain languages that were once dominant in the northern half of Iran, Tati is now spoken in some cities and villages in Qazvin and Zanjan and some pockets in Iranian Azerbaijan. Tati is also related to the language of Iranian Azerbaijan before it's turkification. There are many Tatic languages spoken in small villages in central Iran, my maternal grandfather was from one of these villages, Zafarghand. 3) And finally, though I welcome the use of the name Persia since it's the name our country has been known with in most languages for most of history, the name Iran shouldn't be associated with the Islamic republic as the request to the international community to call us by our native name was done by the monarchy in 1934. I hope things change soon and you can visit Iran.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Interesting about Luri. Maybe I should make a note of that in another video. And yes, I noticed that Tat and Tati are different, I didn't mention Tati anywhere in the video but thank you anyway for pointing out the distinction and giving me more (valuable) information on the subject. Finally, I know about the Persia/Iran split, but Persians I have met seem to associate the name Iran with the regime. That being said, I've only met diaspora Persians and connotations may differ between individuals. Stay in there! #freepersia #mahsaamini

@Ali-bu6lo

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages Diaspora Iranians tend to introduce themselves as Persian and would probably reinforce it by saying that. But ironically, the primary reason of Reza Shah asking the world to call us Iran was that the name was Persia had been associated with weakness and humiliation we experienced in 1800s, so it was a rebranding, and now the same name is tarnished by the Islamic republic, though I think the image of these protests and women's right being at their center have already changed our image.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

@@Ali-bu6lo How interesting? What do you think should be the name internationally now considering the protests?

@kkiooskk

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages it shouldnt change, and if it does it should be Persia. And also, what Ali said about persia changing its name to Iran is false. A more commonly accepted explanation which is true (pretty sure), is that during WW2, Germany said that all pure blooded persians are Aryan, Reza shah was a fan of germany and A.H at the time. so he changed the name of the country to "Iran" which means "the land of aryans"

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

@@kkiooskk I've heard about the name change being earlier, but like I said, many Persians I've met (at least diaspora Persians) associate the name Iran with the régime. Eyrân is another name I believe too

I hope you found this video useful. Let me know what you think in the comments below!

Great video, as always. There are communities, in the Kurdish area of Iran and Iraq, that speak Aramaic dialects. There was a particular Judeo Aramaic dialect that was spoken in some villages in that region but which now has very few speakers, most are elderly and now live in Israel.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

How interesting! My girlfriend's maternal family has Judeo neo-Aramaic speakers who a few generations ago came from Kurdish communities in Iraq

@stubronstein9932

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages Wow, that is awesome. Have they kept the language and where are they living now?. There are quite a few "Kurdish" Jews in Israel but, despite the name, they were generally Aramaic speakers.

@stubronstein9932

Жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Aramaic_languages?wprov=sfla1

@me4259

Жыл бұрын

@@stubronstein9932 hey, it's me (the girlfriend). Yes, they did keep the language. My father speaks it (it's the paternal side btw) and I'm planning on learning it. We live in Israel now.

@stubronstein9932

Жыл бұрын

@@me4259 חחח... זה טוב, בהצלחה בלמידה

I really enjoy your videos. Please make more of them. This one is very interesting.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm hoping to return to making many more videos now, if you have any suggestions, feel free to let me know!

I really enjoy your videos! Very underrated channel!!!

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm hoping to become less "underrated", if you know anyone else who might like it, please mention it to them

Thank you for talking about the protests in Iran.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

It's my duty as someone who cares about human rights

You could also show maps with distribution of all Iranian languages in neighboring countries, like Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey. Especially since Persia was bigger in the past and included places where Iranian languages are used outside Iran. And you are talking about these languages (Tajik, Dari, Kurdish) anyway :)

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

I mention Kurdish in the video. Dati and Tajik are dialects of Persian, I mentioned that in the video too

@robertab929

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages Yeah, I know. I wrote that you talked about Dari, Tajik and Kurds. It will be just probably better if you show also at the beginning of video maps for entire area of historical Persia (including Afghanistan, Tajikistan, west Pakistan, Iraq, east Turkey) to inform better about extent of Iranian languages. By the way there were also Iranian people, like Scythians in the steppes of south-east Europe. Slavs got some words from them (like Bóg / bogaty meaning God / rich).

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

@@robertab929 well, this wasn't a video about Indo-Iranian languages per sé but moreso a video about the languages of Persia, not all of which are Indo-Iranian. I plan on making videos focused on Indo-Iranian in the near future which is where I will talk more about the spread of these languages, including Kurdish, Ossetian, Tat etc.

I speak gilaki . Very well-researched video. i like it. Thank you for your support🖤🖤

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I'm glad to hear you liked the video thank you

Persian is possibly the most overlooked indo-european language, when we discuss the major ones, and the country of Iran is one of the most interesting chunks of land ever! I do support the Iranian people and their protests! I struggle with calking the nation "persia", since even in king Cyrus' time, the nation was called something like "Iran", but using the name "persia" to differentiate the current regime from the people's movement isn't a bad thing, I think.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

You'll remember last year when I randomly had a bit of a Persian language obsession, though I never went to study it because I deemed it useless. However, now I have a textbook and I am studying it properly! Yes, I used Persia to make a distinction because I have heard many Persians say that is what they prefer, but other Persians say they prefer Iran. I don't know which one to use now, I use Persia when speaking both English and Hebrew now, but Iran in Persian.

If you ever wanna do a followup I'd love to know about Persian Sign Language! I've not seen much about it!

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, I wonder why specifically sign language?

@water594

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages Sign languages are unique languages with unique vocab and grammar. They differ by Deaf community with usually one per country but sometimes multiple. The sign language of a country tells you a lot about its history and how it treats and treated Deaf people. For instance in the 15th century Ottoman Courts there was a thriving sign language because Deaf people had a special role as noone could speak to or in the presence of the Sultan... but people who signed could still communicate so many were hired or kept as workers. Modern Deaf history of the west is about surviving a practise known as oralism where Deaf people were forced to try to speak and listen (even though that just means they can't access any language at all or half-understand everything). And the sign languages that did survive are often heavily influenced by the colonial signed exact languages which were imposed onto Deaf people by hearing people who thought their languages were primitive and uncivilised. BTW I use the word 'colonial' because the word is used in Deaf Studies to refer to the way Deaf spaces and also Deaf culture was captured and controlled by hearing people for 100 years. I don't know about Persia's historical or modern treatment of Deaf people and sign languages. And information seems sparse and not much in English or any of the other languages I know. It'd be neat for someone with a bit mote knowledge of either Persia or Farsi to look into it :)

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

@@water594 fascinating. I might look into it someday

I have my roots back there since my father is from there and I have been learning Farsi

@CheLanguages

7 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Good luck with Persian

@qpdb840

7 ай бұрын

@@CheLanguages مرسی

Yeah if you haven't tried Persian food yet, you're missing out. And no I'm not referring to just Kebabs. I'm referring to the stews, soups, and other dishes that distinguish Persia from the rest of the middle east and the world. The Aush Reshteh soup, a vegetarian yogurt-based soup, beat my lifelong favorite soup (clam chowder) of 23 years. The burst of flavors was like nothing I had ever experienced before - it was creamy, olive oily, minty, and hearty all at the same time. Ghormeh Sabzi, Iran's National Dish, wasn't super good hot, but once it got cold i was obsessively dipping my pita into it. It was also very olive oily, as well as lemony and spice-y. Get yours with LAMB not beef, the lamb really adds to it in a way that beef doesn't. Fesenjan, or Pomegranate Walnut Cream Sauce Chicken, was also decent. If you haven't tried these dishes, find a Persian restaurant in your area that serves any of them if you can, and prioritize going to them as soon as possible - as they could literally close up shop the next day. If you're in Chicago, try Kabobi Grill's Aush Reshteh and Noon O Kabob's Ghormeh Sabzi. (Kabobi Grill makes their Ghormeh watery instead of oily unfortunately - it's like night and day.) Covid taught me to never postpone anything that could be done today. And it gave me a hobby that I'll keep all life long. I encourage more of you to go seek out and try all the unique ethnic dishes that are in your area. Not just well-known cuisines but also lesser known ones. I've tried Ecuadorian, Belizean, Salvadorean, Honduran, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Venezuelan, Colombian, Peruvian, Brazilian, Persian, Afghan, region-specific Indian dishes, Oaxacan, Indo-Chinese, Uzbek, Georgian, Kazakh, Turkish, Ghanaian, Nigerian, Senegalese, Ethiopian, Moroccan, Jewish, Yemeni, Haitian, and Quebecois food for the first time in my life in just 2021 alone. Of these, I especially ended up loving Peruvian, Persian, Puerto Rican, Senegalese, and Yemeni. Yemeni is another underrated middle eastern cuisine that's SOOOOO different from the rest of the arab countries. It's basically a cross between Indian, East African, and Middle Eastern cuisine. It's also got unique stews and soups. My favorite is Agda Lamb - it's described as a tomato-based stew but it's got something, probably spices, that gives it a flavor I've never experienced anywhere else. Try Shibam Yemeni if you're in Chicago - they also give you an ogre-sized portion of Yemeni biryani or 2 gigantic pitas each the size of a Laptop, FOR FREE with every meal. All for around 20 bucks. They also make phenomenal hummus.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Though this is Che Languages and not Che Cuisines, I love my food. I've always been exposed to ethnic foods my entire life, having family from the Subcontinent, if I was babysitted with by Uncles and Aunts as a child while my mom was away, I was fed endless amounts of Daal LOL. I've always had a passion for exploring and experimenting with other types of ethnic foods. I got a Persian cookbook last year, written by British-Persian cook Sabrina Ghayour. I must say, I'm not a fan of her dishes, she tries to "Anglicize" them, so I started just finding the more authentic recipes. One of my favorites are Persian Fritters, made from sweet potato, spinach, turmeric, a little lemon, and some salt and pepper that is mixed together with flower into a paste, then you shape it and deep fry it, they're amazing. I'd like to make some more Persian dishes as it's one of my favorite cuisines. I can't have things like Ghormeh Sabzi though, I'm not only Kosher, but vegetarian too. It doesn't mean I miss out though, as there is still plenty in the culinary world. Another cuisine I love is Moroccan, I make tagine sometimes and it's absolutely beautiful. I'm in the mood for something Persian now, I might go and cook something new tonight. Sadly, the city I live in doesn't have a huge amount of Persian places, though there are a lot of Kurdish restaurants though. My city is particularly good for Turkish, Egyptian and Lebanese restaurants, Lebanese being one of my favorites and I affectively eat from this one Egyptian cafe once a week, their falafels are to die for! I also recommend you look a lot more into Israeli cuisine. It's such a diverse mix of different Jewish cultures from around the world working together to create something amazing. Although originally Moroccan (albeit created by Moroccan Jews yet still enjoyed by non-Jewish Moroccans), the dish known as Shakshuka is more dominant in Israel than anywhere else in the Middle East, it just really took off there. I make it more or less weekly and it's so easy to make, super healthy and even more super tasty. My girlfriend is not only Israeli, but the daughter of a chef and a hobby-chef herself, so I've learnt a lot about food, especially Jewish/Israeli cuisine from her that I was previously unaware of, it's unlocked a whole new world for me. Each Jewish subculture has their own unique foods and it's such an interesting rabbit hole to go down, if I were you though I'd stay away from Ashkenazi food....I definitely recommend Moroccan Jewish, Yemini Jewish, Iraqi Jewish and Persian Jewish cuisine, as their do differ in certain ways from the original cuisine (not only in terms of Kosher but also certain additions and improvements the Jews made that the original culture never updated). There's an amazing world of food out there and I feel so sorry for people who are ignorant to it, especially here in the UK, eating the same beans on toast every morning. There's so much out there still to discover, for both of us, I recommend you increase your research and I might try and explore something new myself, I've been inspired now thank you! I always say to people, I may be British, yet I'm Italian in the heart and I'm truly Middle Eastern in the stomach. (However, I have both in my blood in small amounts and I'm also obsessed with Italian cuisine too, but Middle Eastern will always come first for me)

@FlagArmadaProductions

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages oh well you know there's a vegetarian version of Sabzi too! At Afghan restaurants you'll find the meatless version

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

@@FlagArmadaProductions Oh now I didn't know that! I'll have to look out for it!

Azeri _does_ have a character that looks like the shwa, but it doesn't indicate a shwa sound, however, but an /æ/ sound (as in English 'cat').

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Really? I always thought it did, that's good to know I guess

Cool vid and all but my only grievances are that first language map you showed which was pure incorrect language border gore Second Iran is the true name of the country the name persia exists only due to romans and Greeks saying that's it's name and the only people who use it are unaware diasporas And third just a heads up alot of maps exaggerate the number of speakers in Iran for minority languages and where they are Some maps might show stuff like Azeri Tehran and some that kurdish is in ahwaz and lur provinces so really difficult to find an unbiased map That is all good day

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the heads up. It can also be difficult to get reliable information about the Middle East and Central Asia in general, especially places with regimes who want to suppress the languages and cultures which are not of the leading class. Thank you!

There is also arabic and assyrian speakers in western persia.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Yes, though I was only talking about the main languages in this video, there are many more I didn't mention. Gulf Arabic is spoken along the Southern Coast and Assyrian exists with the Kurdish speaking areas in the West

my sweet mother tongue 🇦🇿❤

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Nice

I like the 🦁 🗡️ and 🌞 "Shir o Shamshir o Khorshid"

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

The true flag of Irân

Are Zoroastrians, Hindu Indians or majus/gabris allowed to visit Iran?

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

I know some Zoroastrians live in Irân, but it might be similar to Jews where a community exists, but if they leave they can't return. I'm not sure though

Yeah

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Yeah

@water594

Жыл бұрын

Yeah

you did mention major language of iran but you should add luri and some central iranic languages but i thing they are have really low amount of population and most youths going for persian this are languages going to be forgotten im know its normal some small and not significant languages in future they have to going to dead that normal thing in history most of today of people even give them some of hafez poetry they cant read correctly and most of the words we never use them at all most of they are arabic and some middle persian if we going for sare persian no body in future can what i written about before.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

I only included on the list the most spoken languages of Persia. I wish I'd made it a longer video where I talked about more now, but this video was secretly an experiment of mine as it's the first video which I've edited on my own (I'm disastrous with technology)

100/100❤️❤️

@CheLanguages

5 ай бұрын

🤍🇮🇱

Are you iranian? Or persian? Just want to know

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

No, I'm living in the UK LOL

@dertyp7916

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages oh 😂

Azeri is also written in Cyrillic.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

That's true, I didn't actually know this when I made this video though

My utmost respect to you mate. #Iran_revolution_2022

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

#مهسه_امینی #شاه

The number of Azerbaijanis in Iran is more than 25 million. I would be glad if you could search better.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

That's just the number of speakers, not necessarily the number of ethnic Azeris

she was actualy wearing a hijab, but she was wearing it "incorectly" . it was covering most of her head but just a small patch of hair was showing and so they killed her. she was kurdish i believe

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Yes, someone else already told me. The main thing probably had to do with the fact she was Kurdish

Little note on the perso-Arabic script, it took 400 years for Muslim scholars to agree on what letters to add, and what letters to apply to what phoneme! And I think they did a terrible job, on account of the 2 "t"s, 2 "s"s, and a whopping 4 "z"s! Also! The reason we say "Persia" instead of "Farsia" is because arabic has no "f" sound!

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

400 years! Yeah, 2 Ts, 3 Ss, 4 Zs, 2 Hs, 2 Qs. Absolutely crazy. As for the last part, it's the other way round. Arabic has no P sound, only F. So Pepsi in Arabic countries is often advertized as Bebsi. Arabic changed the Ps to Fs in Persian, which doesn't always make sense to me given that Persian has the P sound. Nonetheless, the name of the language used to be Pârsig in the Middle Ages, then it changed to Pârsi then finally to Fârsi. Similarly, the Fârs province where the name Persia comes from used to be called Pârs. The last Shâh actually pronounced Pârs with a P to associate himself with thousands of years of Persian history, I'm not sure if he also said that he spoke Pârsi or not though

@lingking5882

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages Oh shoot, I remembered it backwards! And also i forgot you were actively learning Persian, it's been a few years for me.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

@@lingking5882 yeah, but I've only been studying Persian quite recently myself

She was wearing a hijab. Just not the way they liked. She was Kurdish.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

True, it's still disgusting that it happened either way

@Uusaal

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages agreed achi.

Jews can still visit Iran, there is even a jewish community in Iran to this day, although very small, many of them are choosing to immigrate to Israel or the USA. But it's impossible for an Israeli citizen to travel to Iran unfortunately, and similarly Iranian citizens can't visit Israel, they will have problem returning to Iran :( I hope someday we will find peace

@CheLanguages

4 ай бұрын

It's true, non-Israeli Jews can, but it's dangerous and they will be watched plus have background checks. Also if you have visited Israel (Jewish or not) and there's a record of it (e.g. passeport stamp) you will be banned from visiting, in fact there are 6 countries I'm now banned from visiting: Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon. The only one I'm kinda sad about is Lebanon because it's a wonderful country with THE BEST FOOD EVER and really nice people (at least Lebanese I've met in the diaspora), as well as being a beautiful land. I hope someday things will change and I can go there. Iran has an existing Jewish population, but like the populations in other Muslim majority countries, they're closely watched and monitored to make sure they're not showing support for Israel, and at times like this, Antisemitic hate crimes increase. There's a similar situation in Türkiye actually, the thing is most Turks and Persians (epsecially those living in the diaspora) actually don't have a problem or even like/support Israel and Jewish people, but it's the gouvernements and a small section of extremists that get all the representation. Every few years when conflict between Israel and Hamas escalates, there's always a correlation with ab increase in attacks against Jews in Türkiye but again, most Turks themselves quite like Jews and think Turkish-Israeli relations are beneficial for the future. Each year more and more Jews are leaving Iran and Türkiye and before long there won't be many left

@CheLanguages

4 ай бұрын

I said the only country I'd like to visit is Lebanon, that's not true actually, I would love to visit Persia. The food, the natural beauty, the history and the people are all amazing and I've met lots of great Persian people here in the UK

@keyone415

4 ай бұрын

Yes, from what I read there were around 100,000 jews in Iran before the islamic revolution, but now they are maybe like 8,000. That's very tough for the jewish community. I personally visited the jewish neighborhood of Isfahan almost 2 decades ago, that was fascinating, there was (or maybe is) even a Jewish passage with lots of shops owned by jews and many synagogues.

@CheLanguages

3 ай бұрын

a lot of the existing Jews in Iran are not descendants of the centuries-old community, but rather escapees from places like Iraq and the Soviet Union from what I've read. But Iran had a very ancient community once@@keyone415

@keyone415

3 ай бұрын

@@CheLanguages I am not sure about the lineage of Persian Jews of current day Iran, there is a Wikipedia article on the topic called "Persian Jews", it says: "Persian Jews are a minority community descended from the Jewish people who were historically associated with the Achaemenid Persian Empire (4th-6th century BC). With their presence in Iran dating back to the biblical era, they constitute one of the oldest communities of the Jewish diaspora." Although now very small, after Israel, Iran is home to the second-largest Jewish population in the Middle East. Scholars believe that during the peak of the Persian Empire, Jews may have comprised as much as 20% of the population. Probably many current day muslim Iranians have lineage to biblical era jews.

من از ایران هستم

@CheLanguages

4 ай бұрын

Nice

I like Iran 🇮🇷

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Not the government I hope? The country, yes

Great great ❤️❤️❤️❤️💚🤍♥️

@CheLanguages

5 ай бұрын

🤍🇮🇱 love Persia

?? Where is Khuzistani Arabic ??

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

I talked about the most spoken languages, not all of them

من ایرانی هستم

@CheLanguages

9 ай бұрын

خوب بخير!

Turkic😎

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Chad language family

@slickgamesinc.9002

Жыл бұрын

Çad

@alwaysright3943

Жыл бұрын

Cry

Arabic, my favorite language

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

@hamzsportsgaming676

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages whats wrong with Arabic

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

@@hamzsportsgaming676 don't worry about it, it's just an inside joke, the commenter is one of my in-persom friends

Your videos would be a lot better if you kept your politics to yourself.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

Though I'd normally agree, what's happening in Persia/Irân is something to be spoken of. The people are oppressed and finally are standing up for themselves. To be silent and ignorant in my opinion is something I'd rather not do

@Sumabus

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages What’s your view on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

@@Sumabus I'm a proud Zionist and will not hesitate to defend my Jewish brothers and sisters. Israel is the homeland of our people and has been for 3,000 years and I believe we have every right over it. That being said, I do not oppose anyone else wanting to live their also, just as long as they're peaceful and don't try blowing up, shooting, stabbing or car ramming every Jew they see

@Sumabus

Жыл бұрын

@@CheLanguages Pot calling the kettle black, methinks.

@CheLanguages

Жыл бұрын

@@Sumabus methinks not. All it takes is some basic research into the reality of the conflict away from all the biased sources and you will be presented with a choice. Support the genocidal ethnostate that oppresses women and LGBT and wants to kill all the Jews, or, support the only Democracy in the Middle East which has one of the highest male-female equality rates in the world, was one of the first countries to legalize LGBT and later same-sex marriage, includes a diverse background of many ethnicities under equal rights (including voting rights) and has offered peace time and time again to their enemy only for them to throw it back in their face again. Choose wisely.