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What language is the mother speaking?

posted 18 years ago by ragnaroken1977
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There is one scene when Kiarostami is talking to the mother and she is speaking in a language other than Farsi, at which point Kiarostami asks her to please speak in Farsi. Does anyone know what language she is speaking?

[–] Motopsycho2 18 years ago

if you right it down i can tell! coz i havent seen the movie

[–] Duree 18 years ago

Azeri or Turkish--at any rate, a Turkic language. The family apparently belongs to a Turkic minority.

[–] dundaswest 17 years ago

it's not proper turkish ;it's Azerbaijani

[–] LordEdge 17 years ago

facinating! I was wondering the same thing.

"I am also a married swinger."

[–] mathew5000 14 years ago

Is she speaking Turkish or Azerbaijani? It should be entered into the film's IMDb profile in the language category.

[–] OMERZEN 16 years ago

the language is turkish (actually the familiy is Azerbanî)
i am turkish and i can say that
"3 tane yumurta pisiresin"
means
"make 3 eggs"
:)

[–] kolpazar 16 years ago

I think, at that point, where Kiarostami asks for them to speak Farsi, the son says "çörek satmaklan..", which means ".. by selling bread" in Azeri/Turkish.
Note that the word order is the opposite, so he might say something like "(you can't go too far) by selling bread."

[–] sanserguz 10 years ago

I was wondering that too

[–] meneldil 8 years ago

Azerbaijani.