Persian language

Persian
Persian
Farsi
فَاَرْسِیْ
Pronunciation	[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Native to	Iran; Afghanistan(as Dari); Tajikistan(as Tajik); Uzbekistan; Iraq; Pakistan Bahrain; 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 Persian; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Persian Middle Persian ;
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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Persian, also called Farsi, 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.

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