In today's video, I am joined by Chiara, Naiyer, Eszter, and Shuce, from Italy, India, Hungary, and China, respectively, who have all learned to speak Persian. We'll have a discussion about their journey to learning the language, along with a series of questions I have.

شرکت کننده های این ویدیو اهل ایتالیا، هند، مجارستان و چین هستند. ویدیو رو تماشا کنید و ببینید که چطور با همدیگر به فارسی صحبت میکنند

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The Persian language has many different accents and dialects, spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, a significant percentage of the population in Uzbekistan, as well as by minorities who are native to other countries across Central Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, and the Caucasus. Although some people consider "Farsi" to be the term for the Iranian variety, the fact is that "Farsi" or "Parsi" is the endonym for the Persian language, and the term is natively used to refer to the language among all Persian speakers, not only Iranians. The terms "Dari" and "Tajik" are more often used by non-Persian speakers than Persian speakers themselves, who, regardless of their country, use the endonym Farsi or Parsi when speaking their language.

When talking about the Tajik variety of Persian, and the Persian language in Central Asia, it's vital to mention the Samanids (سامانیان), an empire that was established by the descendants of Saman Khoda, a wealthy Iranian Zoroastrian noble who converted to Islam. The Samanid Empire is part of the Iranian Intermezzo, which saw the creation of a Persianate culture and identity that brought the Persian language and traditions into the fold of the Islamic world. Ferdowsi and Rudaki were both born and lived during the Samanian era. Ferdowsi died after the collapse of the Samanian under the Ghaznavids, while Rudaki lived his whole life under the Samanids. Samanids revived the Persian language and culture more than the Buyids and the Saffarids, and despite being Sunni Muslims, they considered themselves to be descendants of the Sasanian Empire and took pride in having Zoroastrian ancestors. During the Samanid era in the 9th and 10th centuries, there was a large amount of growth in Persian literature, mostly in poetry, which expanded across Central Asia.

The Persian language is classified as one of the Western Iranian languages, and has strongly influenced many different languages, including numerous Turkic languages, as well as well as Armenian, Georgian, and many languages in the Indian subcontinent.