Today we're looking at an Eastern branch of the Indo-European languages: the Iranian family. Persian has been mentioned a couple of times in other contexts, as it has had a huge influence on Turkish and Arabic, for example, so it's about time we dedicated an entire video to it. We'll start with some history, have a look at different alphabets and then at the areas where the most common Iranian languages are spoken today. And a little note because I said I can't tell you much about Balochi: It's not because it isn't an interesting language, but the sources I used didn't provide much info. It might just be one of those cases where you need to dive into more specialised sources than I had at hand. You can explore the map in detail: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Author: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us... CC BY-SA 4.0 The book is by Carl Faulmann: Schriftzeichen und Alphabete aller Zeiten und Völker. Nail polish: Essie Fiji (three coats and frankly needed a fourth...) *** Audio only version is available on various podcast platforms. If you'd like to send me a letter (max. magazine size) with a map, for example of your country or city, please address it to: Melange ASMR Postfach 0021 1015 Vienna Austria You can support my channel via: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/melan...
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