Alternate Names: “Gabar” (pej.), “Gabri” (pej.), “Yazdi” (pej.)
Dialects: None known. Related to Parsi-Dari , and Nâyini ,.
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Demographics: 8,000 (1999).
Language Use: Used by Persian Zoroastrians in personal communications as a private language. Also use Iranian Persian [pes].
Nation of Origin: Iran
Other Comments: Different from Dari dialect of Eastern Farsi , of Afghanistan, though both names refer to Darius, the ancient Persian Emperor (‘dar’ is Classical Persian for court). Many Zoroastrians speak Parsi-Dari and do not know Zoroastrian Dari ,. Zoroastrian.