In "Footprints of the faith” (Zoroastrians Abroad, Parsiana, February 21, 2015) a sentence begins thus: "Whilst the theology is unchanging, languages currently in use by the community are Persian, Farsi, Gujarati and English…”
Could you kindly explain the differences between Persian and Farsi?
JAMSHED UDVADIA
udvadiajr@att.net
The editors reply:
Wikipedia notes: Farsi or Parsi has been the name for Persian used by all native speakers until the 20th century. Since the last decade of the 20th century, for political reasons, in English and French, Farsi has become the name of the Persian language as it is spoken in Iran.
London based independent researcher Farrokh Vajifdar explains:
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