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Persian language

Persian, also known as Farsi, is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian…

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Dialects
Iranian (Western) · Dari (Eastern) · Tajik · Bukhori · Pahlavani
Early forms
Middle Persian Early New Persian · Early New Persian
Glottolog
fars1254
ISO 639-1
fa
ISO 639-2
per (B) fas (T)
ISO 639-3
fas – inclusive code Individual codes: pes – Iranian Persian prs – Dari tgk – Tajik language aiq – Aimaq dialect bhh – Bukhori dialect haz – Hazaragi dialect jpr – Judeo-Persian…

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Persian language

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Triples266
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Persian language

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related to Works cited · 86
Persian language → Achaemenid Period, African Studies, Alter Orient-Griechische Geschichte-Römische Geschichte, Altertumswissenschaft, Ancient Iran, April, Arab Invasion, Arabic Language, Band III, Beck, Bertold, Bertold Spuler, Boston, Brill, Brill Online, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Caucasus, Central Asia, Corpus
related to External links · 26
Persian language → Academy, Assembly, August, Comprehensive Persian, December, English, Expansion, Francis Joseph, FSI, Graffiti, How Persian Alphabet Transits, July, Language Materials Project, Librairie-imprimerie Beroukhim, Literature, London, New Persian, Paul, Persian, Persian GraffitiBasic Persian
related to Name · 23
Persian language → According, Columbia University's Center, Ehsan Yarshater, Encyclopædia Iranica, English, Fars, Farsi, Greek Persís, Hellenized, However, Iran, Iran's, Iranian, Iranian Studies, Iranology, Latin Persiānus, Literature, Old Persian Pārsa, Oxford English Dictionary, Persia
related to history · 20
Persian language → According, Achaemenid Empire, BCE, Gernot Windfuhr, In, Iranian, Ludwig Paul, Middle, Middle Persian, Modern, Modern Persian, New, New Persian, Old, Old Persian, Persian, Sasanian Empire, Shahnameh, The, These
Dialects · 15
Persian language → Aimaq, Armeno-Tat, Bukhori, Caucasian Tat, Dari (Eastern), Dehwari, Hazaragi, Indian †, Iranian (Western), Judeo-Persian, Judeo-Tat, Kabuli, Madaklashti, Pahlavani, Tajik
related to Latin alphabet · 15
Persian language → Another Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic, Information, ISO, Latin, New Turkic Alphabet, Part, Persian, Simplified, Standardization, Tajikistan, The, The International Organization, Transliteration
Native to · 10
Persian language → Afghanistan[a], Azerbaijan[d], Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Russia (Dagestan)[e], Tajikistan[b], Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan[c]
related to ISO codes · 10
Persian language → Afghanistan, Dari, Iran, Iranian Persian, ISO, It, Persian, Tajik, The, This
see also · 9
Persian language → Academy, APLL, BraillePersian, Indo-European, Iran, Literature, Middle PersianParthian, Persian, Western Persian
Language family · 5
Persian language → Indo-IranianIranianWesternSouthwesternPersian, IranianWesternSouthwesternPersian, Persian, SouthwesternPersian, WesternSouthwesternPersian

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persian language iranian arabic iran new middle used also old languages literature spoken century dari words tajik isbn afghanistan standard

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Persian languageDialectsIranian (Western)1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsDari (Eastern)1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsTajik1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsBukhori1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsPahlavani1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsKabuli1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsHazaragi1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsAimaq1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsJudeo-Persian1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsDehwari1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsJudeo-Tat1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsCaucasian Tat1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsArmeno-Tat1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsMadaklashti1.00infobox
Persian languageDialectsIndian †1.00infobox
Persian languageEarly formsMiddle Persian Early New Persian1.00infobox
Persian languageEarly formsEarly New Persian1.00infobox
Persian languageGlottologfars12541.00infobox
Persian languageISO 639-1fa1.00infobox
Persian languageISO 639-2per (B) fas (T)1.00infobox
Persian languageISO 639-3fas – inclusive code Individual codes: pes – Iranian Persian prs – Dari tgk – Tajik language aiq – Aimaq dialect bhh – Bukhori dialect haz – Hazaragi dialect jpr – Judeo-Persian…1.00infobox
Persian languageLanguage familyIndo-IranianIranianWesternSouthwesternPersian1.00infobox
Persian languageLanguage familyIranianWesternSouthwesternPersian1.00infobox
Persian languageLanguage familyWesternSouthwesternPersian1.00infobox
Persian languageLanguage familySouthwesternPersian1.00infobox
Persian languageLanguage familyPersian1.00infobox
Persian languageLinguasphere58-AAC (Wider Persian) > 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)1.00infobox
Persian languageNative toIran1.00infobox
Persian languageNative toAfghanistan[a]1.00infobox
Persian languageNative toTajikistan[b]1.00infobox

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