Persian language

E3587

Indo-European language Indo-Iranian language Iranian language literary language standard language

Persian language is a major modern Iranian language spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, known for its rich literary tradition and historical influence across the Middle East and Central Asia.

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All labels observed (33)

Label	Occurrences
Persian	369
Persian language canonical	95
Dari Persian	42
Classical Persian	7
Iranian Persian	6
Standard Persian	5
Farsi	4
Kabuli Persian	3
Khuzestani Persian	3
Sistani Persian	3
Isfahani Persian	2
Persian language continuum	2
Afghan Persian	1
Fārsī-ye Darī	1
Hamedani Persian	1
Hazara Persian	1
Herati Persian	1
Kermani Persian	1
Mashhadi Persian	1
Middle Persian	1
Modern Persian	1
Modern Persian (Farsi)	1
New Persian	1
New Persian (Modern Persian)	1
Persian (Dari)	1
Persian (Farsi)	1
Persian (court language)	1
Persian (lexicon)	1
Shirazi Persian	1
Shushtari Persian	1
Tajik Persian	1
Yazdi Persian	1
in Persian, associated with the word for "voice" or "sound"	1

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-European language ⓘ Indo-Iranian language ⓘ Iranian language ⓘ literary language ⓘ standard language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dari ⓘ Persian language ⓘ surface form: Farsi Tajik ⓘ
borrowedFromLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ
developedFrom	Southwestern Iranian languages ⓘ surface form: Middle Persian Old Persian ⓘ
eraOfOrigin	early Islamic period ⓘ
hasAncestor	Southwestern Iranian languages ⓘ surface form: Middle Persian Iranian languages ⓘ surface form: Old Persian
hasDialect	Persian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dari Persian Hazaragi ⓘ Persian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Iranian Persian Southwestern Iranian languages ⓘ surface form: Luri Persian Persian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tajik Persian
hasMorphologicalType	fusional language ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor	Ferdowsi ⓘ Hafez ⓘ Omar Khayyam ⓘ Rumi ⓘ Saadi ⓘ
hasNotableWork	Bustan ⓘ Hafez ⓘ surface form: Divan of Hafez Gulistan ⓘ Rumi ⓘ surface form: Masnavi Shahnameh ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	vowel length distinction ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	subject–object–verb word order ⓘ
hasWritingDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
historicalRole	administrative language in Safavid Empire ⓘ court language in Mughal India ⓘ literary lingua franca of the Islamic world ⓘ
influencedLanguage	Azerbaijani language ⓘ surface form: Azerbaijani Hindi ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ Ottoman Turkish ⓘ Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
ISO639-1Code	fa ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	fas ⓘ per ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	fas ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ Iranian languages ⓘ
nativeName	فارسی ⓘ
officialLanguageOf	Afghanistan ⓘ Iran ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ
primaryCountry	Afghanistan ⓘ Iran ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ
region	Afghanistan ⓘ Caucasus ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ Iran ⓘ Middle East ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ
regulates	Academy of Persian Language and Literature ⓘ
scriptVariant	Perso-Arabic script ⓘ Cyrillic script ⓘ surface form: Tajik Cyrillic script
spokenBy	Aimaqs ⓘ Hazaras ⓘ Persians ⓘ Tajiks ⓘ
standardFormBasedIn	Tehran dialect ⓘ
subfamily	Southwestern Iranian languages ⓘ Western Iranian languages ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn	Central Asia ⓘ Greater Iran ⓘ South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent (historically)
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Cyrillic script ⓘ Persian alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (562)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-European language family → includesLanguage → Persian language ⓘ

Arabic → influencedLanguage → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Turkish language → usesLoanwordsFrom → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Iran → officialLanguage → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Persian language → alsoKnownAs → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Farsi

Persian language → hasDialect → Persian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranian Persian

Persian language → hasDialect → Persian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dari Persian

Persian language → hasDialect → Persian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tajik Persian

Sind → historicalLanguage → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Tehran → majorLanguage → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Urdu language → usesAdditionalLettersFrom → Persian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Urdu

this entity surface form: Persian

Urdu language → hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom → Persian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Urdu

this entity surface form: Persian

Urdu language → hasLexicalBorrowingFrom → Persian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Urdu

this entity surface form: Persian

Pashto language → hasHistoricalInfluenceFrom → Persian language ⓘ

Pashto language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Persian language ⓘ

Judeo-Tat → lexicalInfluence → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Asian American → languageUsed → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Mesopotamian Arabic → influencedBy → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Siraj ud-Daulah → languageSpoken → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

mansabdari system → languageOfTerm → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Delhi Sultanate → languageUsed → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Ramin → etymologicalOrigin → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Persian

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Jahangir → languageOfCourt → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Balochi → influencedBy → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Akbar → languageSpoken → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Azerbaijani language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Persian language ⓘ

Turkmen language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Persian language ⓘ

Judeo-Persian → subclassOf → Persian language ⓘ

Judeo-Persian → closelyRelatedTo → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Persian

Aurangzeb → language → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian (court language)

Old Anatolian Turkish → influencedBy → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Old Anatolian Turkish → lexicalBorrowingFrom → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Ottoman Turkish → hasInfluenceFrom → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Ottoman Turkish → lexicalSourceLanguage → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Voice of America → languageOfWorkOrName → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Bukharan Jews → languageFamily → Persian language ⓘ

Michael → isUsedInLanguage → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Iranian rial → languageOfInscription → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Kiunguja → lexifierInfluence → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dari Persian

Academy of Persian Language and Literature → languageOfWorkOrName → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Tehran dialect → partOf → Persian language ⓘ

Tajiks → historicalLanguage → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Persian

Hafez → nativeLanguage → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Hazaras → language → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian

Hazaras → languageVariantOf → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dari Persian

Bashkir language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Persian language ⓘ

Majhi dialect → influencedBy → Persian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian