Western Persian
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| Western Persian | |
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| Farsi | |
| فارسی | |
| Pronunciation | [fɒːɾˈsiː] |
| Native to | Iran, Iraq |
| Region | Western Asia |
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Native speakers
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51.6 million (2015)[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 | |
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Official language in
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Iran |
| Regulated by | Academy of Persian Language and Literature |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pes |
| Glottolog | west2369[2] |
Western Persian or Iranian 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)
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