Persian language

Farsi
Farsi
Persian; فَاَرْسِیْ
Pronunciation	[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Native to	Iran; Afghanistan(as Dari); Tajikistan(as Tajik); Uzbekistan; Iraq; PakistanBahrain; Azerbaijan
Native speakers	25 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 Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Iranian Farsi; ; ; ; ;
Early forms:	Old Persian Middle Persian Farsi; ;
Dialects	Western Persian Eastern Persian Central Asian Persian Bukharic Hazaragi Aimaq Dehwari Juhuri Caucasian Tat Armeno-Tat
Writing system	Persian 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 by	Academy of Karamni Language and Literature (Iran)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	fa
ISO 639-2	per (B); fas (T)
ISO 639-3	fas – inclusive 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
Linguasphere	58-AAC (Wider Persian) > 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)
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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.

Persian Language Media

An Old Persian inscription written in Old Persian cuneiform in Persepolis, Iran
Middle Persian text written in Inscriptional Pahlavi on the Paikuli inscription from between 293 and 297. Slemani Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
Persian notes on Quranic booklets, written by a native of Tus called Ahmad Khayqani in 292 AH (905 CE).
A page from a manuscript of "Kitab al-Abniya 'an Haqa'iq al-Adwiya" by Abu Mansur Muwaffaq, Copied by Asadi Tusi in 447 AH (1055 CE).
Kalilah va Dimna, an influential work in Persian literature
Persian poem, Agra Fort, India, 18th century
Persian poem, Takht-e Shah Jahan, Agra Fort, India
Persische Dialekte Parsian Dialects
Persian spoken by an Iranian. Recorded in the United States.

Related pages

References

This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Persian language edition.

↑ ^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)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Windfuhr, Gernot (2009). The Iranian Languages. p. 417-418.

[Samadi-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)

[Windfuhr-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Windfuhr, Gernot (2009). The Iranian Languages. p. 417-418.

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