Persian language

Western Iranian language
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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.

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

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

Azerbaijan[2]
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)
Indo-European
Early forms
Dialects
Persian alphabet
Cyrillic
Hebrew script
Persian Braille
Official status
Official language in
 Iran
 Afghanistan
 Tajikistan
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated byAcademy of Karamni Language and Literature (Iran)
Language codes
ISO 639-1fa
ISO 639-2per (B)
fas (T)
ISO 639-3fas – 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
Linguasphere58-AAC (Wider Persian) > 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)
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References

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  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.