Iranian Persian

Iranian Persian
Western Persian
فارسی (Fārsi)
Fārsi written in Persian calligraphy (Nastaʿlīq)
Pronunciation[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Native toIran
RegionWest Asia
EthnicityPersians
SpeakersL1: 62 million (2021)[1]
L2: 17 million (2021)[1]
Total: 79 million (2021)[1]
DialectsAbadani
Araki
Bandari
Basseri
Esfahani
Karbalai
Kashani
Kermani
Kermanshahi
Kuwaiti
Mashhadi
Qazvini
Shirazi
Tehrani
Yazdi
Perso-Arabic script
Official status
Official language in
 Iran
Regulated byAcademy of Persian Language and Literature
Language codes
ISO 639-3pes
Glottologwest2369
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Iranian Persian (Persian: فارسی ایرانی, romanized: Fârsi-ye Irâni),[2][3] Western Persian[4] or Western Farsi,[5] natively simply known as Persian (Persian: فارسی, romanized: Fârsi), refers to the varieties of the Persian language spoken in Iran and by others in neighboring countries, as well as by Iranian communities throughout the world. These are intelligible with other varieties of Persian, including Afghanistan's Dari and Tajikistan's Tajik.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Iranian Persian at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Persian, Iranian". Ethnologue. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ "639 Identifier Documentation: fas". Sil.org. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. ^ Perry, John R. (31 December 1996). "Persian during the Safavid Period: Sketch for an Etat de Langue". In Melville, C. (ed.). Safavid Persia: The History and Politics of an Islamic Society. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 9781860640230.
  5. ^ "Spoken L1 Language: Western Farsi". Glottolog. Retrieved 25 February 2021.