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 | |
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Persian | |
فَاَرْسِیْ | |
Pronunciation | [fɒːɾˈsiː] |
Native to | Iran[1] Afghanistan[1](as Dari) |
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) |
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Persian alphabet Cyrillic Hebrew script Persian Braille | |
Official status | |
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Recognised minority language in | |
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 codeIndividual codes: pes – Western Persianprs – Eastern Persiantgk – Tajikiaiq – Aimaqbhh – Bukharichaz – Hazaragijpr – Dzhidiphv – Pahlavanideh – Dehwarijdt – Juhurittt – Caucasian Tat |
Linguasphere | 58-AAC (Wider Persian) > 58-AAC-c (Central Persian) |
Related pages
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- ↑ 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Windfuhr, Gernot (2009). The Iranian Languages. p. 417-418.