The distribution of Iranian languages

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‘Is the use of the word Persian or Farsi a political statement about the current government? Who is more likely to say Farsi instead of Persian?

It became trendy in the late 20th century to call it “Farsi” – but to my knowledge, it’s not a politicized question. Both the Academy of Persian Language and Literature (Iran’s language academy) and the Encyclopedia Iranica (supported by America’s National Endowment for the Humanities) have said that “Persian” is the proper name for the language in English.’

1947 ethnographic map of Afghanistan

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Languages of Afghanistan

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‘The little cluster of languages like Waigali in the east is actually an entirely separate third branch of Indo-Iranian, separate to Indo-Aryan and Iranian’–SPANlA

1906 Map of Persia & Afghanistan

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‘Does anyone have a good solution for printing high quality map scans in large formats? I want to start assembling a map room’–Mal-De-Terre

1905 Map of Afghanistan

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‘I spent 2019 in Afghanistan doing GIS and Remote Sensing work for a humanitarian group. Beautiful country until the Taliban come knocking with truck bombs. Survived two attacks in one year’–ovoid709

Forests (green) and wooded lands (red) of Afghanistan

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“A brief information. Most of Afghanistan is too high for trees to grow. Wooded areas in the map are the lowest altitude lands with enough water to sustain trees”–KingKohishi

Afghanistan Railway Lines

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“It‘s not much but honest work”–Bennito16

Ethnic groups of Afghanistan

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“If not for the whole “warzone” thing, I think Afghanistan would be a really interesting destination. Seems like they are a combination of Central Asian, South Asian, and even a bit of Middle Eastern culture”–Rusiano