Persian language

Farsi, also called Persian, is a Western Iranian language. It is one of the co official languages of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan and is also spoken by some people in Pakistan and Uzbekistan.

Farsi
Persian
فَاَرْسِیْ
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Pronunciation[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Native toIran[1]

Afghanistan[1](as Dari)
Tajikistan[1](as Tajik)
Uzbekistan
Iraq
Pakistan[1]Bahrain

Azerbaijan[2]
Native speakers25 million in Iran, 20 million in Afghanistan, 6 million in Tajikstan, and 4 million in Uzbekistan, and 1 million in Pakistan  (2025)
Language family
Indo-European
Early forms:
Dialects
Western Persian
Eastern Persian
Bukharic
Dehwari
Juhuri[2]
Armeno-Tat[2]
Writing systemPersian alphabet
Cyrillic
Hebrew script
Persian Braille
Official status
Official language in Iran
 Afghanistan
 Tajikistan
Recognised minority language in
 Iraq
 Uzbekistan
 Pakistan
 Azerbaijan
 Bahrain
 Bulgaria
 Greece
 Israel
 Portugal
 Romania
 Russia
 Turkey
 United Arab Emirates
 Kuwait
Regulated byAcademy of Karamni Language and Literature (Iran)
Language codes
ISO 639-1fa
ISO 639-2per (B)
fas (T)
ISO 639-3fasinclusive code
Individual codes:
pes – Western Persian
prs – Eastern Persian
tgk – Tajiki
aiq – Aimaq
bhh – Bukharic
haz – Hazaragi
jpr – Dzhidi
phv – Pahlavani
deh – Dehwari
jdt – Juhuri
ttt – Caucasian Tat
Linguasphere58-AAC (Wider Persian) > 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Samadi, Habibeh; Nick Perkins (2012). Martin Ball, David Crystal, Paul Fletcher (ed.). Assessing Grammar: The Languages of Lars. Multilingual Matters. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-84769-637-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Windfuhr, Gernot (2009). The Iranian Languages. p. 417-418.