IL&S:Vision and Goals


	Language is the house of being ..................................................................Martin Heidegger In the spirit of the Iranian Languages and Scripts ( IL&S ) site Heidegger's above quote can be translated to mean: Iranian languages make up the context for the Iranian culture. Therefore, to delve into the Iranian culture one needs to inquire into its languages. The IL&S site is engineered for just such inquiry. This site was originally founded in 1998 by Dr. F. Zurvan as an elementary introduction to IL&S. Since then a great deal of work has been done to enrich it along the lines of the vision and goals stated below. We hope that you enjoy browsing around. The IL&S vision: To provide all users worldwide with the opportunity to access a wide variety of high quality information, data, and tools for deepening their knowledge and appreciation of the Iranian culture and languages. Goals of the IL&S site are to deliver: 1. A one-stop source of information regarding all modern and ancient Iranian languages and scripts. 2. A reading/browsing site for documents, books, dictionaries, graphics, etc. related to Iran in general, and Iranian languages in particular. 3. A Forum of interaction and discussion among interested users. 4. An archive for the preservation of the endangered Iranian languages and dialects. 5. A motivation for reducing the number of foreign borrowed words in the Persian language by introducing or reviving pure replacements. 6. The opportunity to familiarize interested users in the Latin-based phonetic Persian alphabet known as: UniversalPersian or . 7. Innovative software tools related to various Iranian languages and alphabets. Please contact us with all your suggestions, opinions, communications, etc., so that we may improve this site for you.