The Neo-Persian language, an Indo-European language which came into being in the 9th century CE, has three chief dialects: Farsi, spoken in Iran; Dari, spoken in Afghanistan, and Tajiki or Tajik, spoken in the Central Asian countries of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Tajiki, written in Cyrillic script and spoken by more than 6,000,000 people, is the vehicle and voice for a rich contemporary literary and cultural life, which it shares with Iran and Afghanistan. The Tajik people thus have special regard for such medieval Persian poets as Rudaki (d. 940/1), Ferdowsi (d. 1020), Rumi (d. 1273), and Hafiz (d.c. 1390). In the modern era, several works by first-generation modern Tajiki writer Sadriddin Aini (1878-1954) are available in English.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:07:55 +0000
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