Is Persian A Romani?

The base is local Persian, with many words rendered incomprehensible by means of phonetical manipulation, as well as a large number of terms which are of Semitic (Aramaic and Hebrew, as well as Arabic) origin….Persian Romani.

Is Romanian and Romani the same?

Romanians speak the Romanian language, the Roma community speaks the Romani language as well as the language of their country of residence – in this case Romanian. The Romani language has dramatically different roots to Romanian; it is similar to Hindi and other Indian languages but with influences from Greek as well.

Is old Persian the same as modern Persian?

Unlike the other languages and dialects, ancient and modern, of the Iranian group such as Avestan, Parthian, Soghdian, Kurdish, Pashto, etc., Old, Middle and New Persian represent one and the same language at three states of its history.

What languages did the avestans speak?

The Avestan languages range from the ancient language of the hymns of Zarathushtra, the Gathas, to Sogdian and the relatively modern language of the commentaries, the Zand. The language of the Zand is a language that is relatively close to modern Persian.

Are the Avestan and Rig vedic languages the same language?

The comparative example of the Avestan and Rig-Vedic (Sanskrit) languages above demonstrate that the languages are so close that they are for all practical purposes dialects of the same language. They are nevertheless not identical. At the time of their writing, the people of the old Avesta and Rig Veda were likely close neighbours.

Is old Persian an Indo-European language?

It is an Iranian language and as such a member of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. The oldest known text written in Old Persian is from the Behistun Inscriptions. Old Persian is one of the oldest Indo-European languages which are attested in original texts.