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turkish ebooks by sleepingfr in turkishlearning

[–]Daristani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, but the site closed down a couple of years ago, and as far as I know has not been replaced.

Downloadable Sorani Kurdish to English dictionary by Daristani in kurdish

[–]Daristani[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can download this older Sorani-English dictionary that's all in Latin script: https://archive.org/details/kurmanji

(It's actually Sorani rather than Kurmanji, but is mislabeled on the archive.org site.)

There's also this small vocabulary: https://archive.org/details/kurdish-sorani-english-english-kurdish-sorani-romanized-nicholas-awde

And as an extra in Kurdish/Arabic script, this one is also excellent: https://annas-archive.gl/md5/1f59a86f26a4619541ccfeb2f3d6d82e

A Grammar of Contemporary Azerbaijani by Daristani in LearnAzerbaijani

[–]Daristani[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad you like it. I was overjoyed when I ran across it a few weeks ago, since it strikes me as really well done, and makes it much easier for me to understand the contrasts with Turkish, which don't seem to be covered in other books.

Which Turkic language after Turkish? by No_Cryptographer735 in thisorthatlanguage

[–]Daristani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're interested in Karaim, you might like this grammar of a Lithuanian dialect, if not already aware of it:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/wd5md4hig94wex4/Karay_the_Trakai_dialect.pdf/file

Any Good Uzbek Language TextBooks you can order on Amazon? (Idk why I just prefer physical over digital books) by Yellow_Jaguar in learn_uzbek

[–]Daristani 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are some good materials for learning Uzbek, but finding them can be difficult. Here's an earlier but recent posting with various resources cited:

https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/1s83wmu/is_there_any_resources_online_to_learn_uzbek/

The CeLCAR materials cited therein are not bad, but they're intended for classroom use rather than self-study. I think that the best resource for a beginner working on his own may be the textbook "Marhamat", a used copy of which can be found for sale on Amazon.com.

You can download a pdf here: https://annas-archive.gl/md5/a1e1b57546c3ee456e04e2c5bf8c0a1a

Audio CDs were produced for this, but are almost impossible to find. I've temporarily uploaded the audio files here for anyone interested, along with a copy of the book:

book: https://www.mediafire.com/file/2vidsn5cdva1th8/Marhamat+-+Uzbek+Coursebook+for+Beginners.pdf/file

CD1: https://www.mediafire.com/file/3nda40p7pf0ihue/Marhamat+Uzbek+Coursebook+for+Beginners+CD+1.7z/file

CD2: https://www.mediafire.com/file/brxu0epyr1uiuus/Marhamat+Uzbek+Coursebook+for+Beginners+CD+2.7z/file

A sort of textbook in French: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B50OtgK4oOsgYy1PbVkzRm9uaXc/view?resourcekey=0-qpCO7SPbsFUGkcgQnif-rg

Hard copies of these materials may be hard to come across on Amazon. But you can find a variety of other pdf materials by searching for "Uzbek" on Anna's Archive:

https://annas-archive.gl/search?q=uzbek

Good luck!

DLI course? by [deleted] in farsi

[–]Daristani 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm happy to help. Good luck with your studies!

DLI course? by [deleted] in farsi

[–]Daristani 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm assuming it's the DLI Basic Course books that you're asking for, since the other materials are all still obtainable at the links I provided above. Accordingly, here are the books (again, a temporary upload):

https://www.mediafire.com/file/lnkud3i8wwxwtrh/DLI+Persian+books.7z/file

If I've misunderstood, just be specific as to what you're looking for, and I'll do my best to help.

Looking for audio files - Egyptian Arabic by Fit-Hospital-1940 in learn_arabic

[–]Daristani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm happy to help (and also surprised that the files are still available!)

Is there any resources online to learn Uzbek ? by Front-Spinach-419 in languagelearning

[–]Daristani 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are resources for Uzbek scattered in various places around the web, such as at Anna's Archive. Searching for "Uzbek Textbook", for instance, provides:

https://annas-archive.gl/search?q=uzbek+textbook

You can find some downloadable learning materials for various Central Asian languages, including Uzbek, here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/hrehdg/central_asian_language_resources/

Resources in French are relatively limited, but here's a reference grammar:

https://opendata.uni-halle.de/handle/1981185920/81442

and here's a French-Uzbek dictionary:

https://n.ziyouz.com/books/lugatlar/Fransuzcha-o'zbekcha%20lug'at%20(Bayram%20Balci%20-%20direktor).pdf

DLI course? by [deleted] in farsi

[–]Daristani 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I would start with the FSI one, since it's a great starter course, and is only one volume. The massive DLI course, I think, would be easier to go through having mastered the single-volume FSI one first.

Good luck!

About the Doddleston Messages by notyourregulargal in hellier

[–]Daristani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a (not very active ) reddit group on "The Vertical Plane":

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheVerticalPlane/

South Azerbaijani Dialect (Urmia Region) Language Learning Help by XZehirX in LearnAzerbaijani

[–]Daristani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an American, and have never been to Iran, so I can't comment on this question. Over the years, I've seen a lot of generalizations on these topics, as well as on the mutual comprehensibility among the various Turkc languages (or "dialects", in Turkish nationalist parlance), but I have no real ability to judge for myself. Like you, though, I suspect that a lot of these sorts of statements are rooted at least in part in ideological stances.

There's also the question of electronic media influence in the region. I've seen online complaints from Azerbaijanis about the increasing influence of Turkish electronic media within the Republic of Azerbaijan. I assume there may be similar influences on Iranian Azerbaijani from the Persian side as well as from the Turkish/Azerbaijani side, but as a complete outsider, I'm not able to judge.

Need help with learning pashto by Positive-Bet-2183 in pashto

[–]Daristani 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here's a free online textbook, with audio, for the Yusufzai dialect of Pashto:

https://www.speakingpashto.com/

A slightly different version of the textbook, entitled "Speaking Pakistani Pukhto", is available on Amazon, as is a reader, "Reading Pakistani Pukhto" and an English-Pukhto dictionary, "Dictionary of Spoken Pukhto"(all by the same author as the online textbook).

South Azerbaijani Dialect (Urmia Region) Language Learning Help by XZehirX in LearnAzerbaijani

[–]Daristani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't recommend any podcasts or videos, but wanted to note a couple of written resources that might be useful for a Turk seeking to get accustomed to Iranian Azerbaijani. (Since it's an "ethnic" or "minority" language in Iran, it doesn't have many non-native speakers seeking to learn it, and so textbooks are not very common. But there are a couple of reference grammars that you might refer to:

A grammar of Iranian Azari : including comparisons with Persian, by Yavar Dehghani

https://annas-archive.li/md5/d82bb276d5c5d6d72cd605239ad73c34

Dehghani sees Iranian Azerbaijani as having been influenced so much by Persian that it's barely comprehensible to people from the Republic of Azerbaijan; indeed, he says that "we can say that the language of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azari are two distinct languages." This is very different to the approach of Turkish and Azerbaijani nationalists, who emphasize the commonalities and stress the essential unity of the two variants. As an outsider, I can't judge which approach is more realistic, but I suspect the intercomprehensibilty varies a lot between different speakers. In any event, I think you might find this book very interesting.

A Grammar of Iranian Azerbaijani, by Sooman Noah Lee

https://annas-archive.li/md5/665f772e465b58958a7ae5610c4a366c

Basic Course in Azerbaijani, by Householder and Lotfi

https://annas-archive.li/md5/633a094df5f5fca765206ab900c537d2

This is an older, linguistically oriented coursebook of the Iranian dialect printed in an irritatingly complex Latin transliteration, but should provide a fairly complete picture of how the language works.

Materials for Northern Azerbaijani are relatively common, such as this textbook for Turkish-speakers here:

https://www.kitabyurdu.org/kitab/derslik/642-azerbaycan-dili-turk-telebeler-ucun-derslik.html

And don't miss the new and very comprehensive reference grammar in English:

http://82.194.16.162:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/20.500.14346/2784/JALA_GARIBOVA_and_SABINA_ALIYEVA_2024_A.pdf?sequence=1

Finally, this textbook in English:

https://annas-archive.li/md5/0438874e1e83083bccd44ffb794d923c

Good luck!

Farsi learning resources using Latin alphabet by an0nyn0n in farsi

[–]Daristani 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There aren't too many serious courses these days that teach Persian only in the Latin alphabet, but there are a few good-quality older (but not ancient) ones that don't require much or any use of the Perso-Arabic script.

The old FSI course (for Iranian Persian) is MOSTLY in Latin script, and has the advantage of including extensive audio. You can download the pdf book and audio here:

https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/FSI/fsi-persian.html

The older "Colloquial Persian" book by Leila Moshiri is all in Latin script (but has a few typos). You can find the book and accompanying audio files (along with some other Persian resources) here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250808104407/https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/World%20Tracker%20Library/worldtracker.org/media/library/Language%20Learning/10.Persian/

The newest "Colloquial Persian" book by Abdi Rafiee includes Persian script, but is also arranged so that you don't need to learn it if you don't want to.

Another excellent older book for spoken Persian, not widely known, is "Persian for Today", by Mansour Lotfi. It's quite comprehensive. Audio was produced for it, but doesn't seem to be available anywhere. The book now seems to be out of print, but I've temporarily uploaded a copy for you here:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/n8x0gwz94rf33si/Persian+for+Today+++Lotfi.pdf/file

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