RE: Persian or Farsi? (was RE: Decimal separator with more than o ne c haracter?)

From: Peter_Constable@sil.org
Date: Sat May 24 2003 - 13:15:21 EDT

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    > Anyway, it is politically-incorrect to call it 'Farsi'.

    One of the perpetual problems with language identification is that single
    languages can have multiple names for which different portions of the
    speaker community have different attitudes. A name that is politically
    correct for one sub-community may be despised by another group within the
    speaker community, and vice versa. These things cannot be said to be
    absolute unless the entire speaker community in all locations is in
    agreement.

    What the facts are for Persian/Farsi, I don't know.

    - Peter

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