Persian language

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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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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

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

Marathi–Konkani languages influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sina languageOfOrigin Persian language
Qom Province officialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Murghab River languageOfName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Arran languageInHistory Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Marvdasht County hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
plain of Morghab languageRegion Persian language
Elburz Mountains languageOfName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Hikayats language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Jamil isUsedInLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Hindustani language majorInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Almaliq language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kesh historicalLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn languageCompared Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn subject Persian language
Çağatay Türkçesi influencedBy Persian language
Kas hasLanguageOfToponym Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Roshanak languageOfOrigin Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Qara Qoyunlu language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sarakhs languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Quchan languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sabzevar languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sabzevar officialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
hawza (Shia seminary network) languageOfInstruction Persian language
subject surface form: Hawza
this entity surface form: Persian
Abd al-Latif languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Roksana linguisticOrigin Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sistan hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sistan hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Sistani Persian
Isfahan region hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sultaniyeh hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Dilan hasLanguageOfUse Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Angband languageOfLyrics Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Median distinctFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Modern Persian (Farsi)
Zayandeh River languageOfName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sarai languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Mughan plain languageRegion Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Islamic period hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Khondji languageOfOrigin Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Hindal languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Gilgiti Shina hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
South Khorasan Province language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Mongol-ruled Central Asia language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Fariborz Maseeh languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Ishkashimi dominantContactLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Ishkashimi hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
George hasLanguageOfUse Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Purgi hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Nal o Daman language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sawanih language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Shahzada languageOfOrigin Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian