Western Persian
| Western Persian | |
|---|---|
| Farsi | |
| فارسی Fārsī | |
| Pronunciation | [fɒːɾˈsiː] |
| Native to | Iran, Iraq |
| Region | Western Asia |
Native speakers | 47 million (2011)[1] |
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Indo-European
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| Dialects | Tehrani, Abadani, Araki, Bandari, Esfahani, Karbalai, Kashani, Kermani, Mashhadi, Qazvini, Shirazi, Yazdi |
| Perso-Arabic script | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |
 Iran |
| Regulated by | Academy of Persian Language and Literature |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
pes |
| Glottolog |
west2369[2] |
Western Persian is the most widely spoken dialect of Persian.[3] It is spoken in Iran and by minorities in Iraq and the Persian Gulf states.[3] It is one of three major dialects of Persian.
Western Persian is also known as Iranian Persian, Farsi,[3] Western Farsi, or simply Persian.
References
- ↑ Western Persian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Western Farsi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Persian". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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