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.

Ferdowsi workLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Bustan language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Greater Iran coreLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Persians language Persian language
Persians language Persian language
this entity surface form: Farsi
Southwestern Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Southwestern Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Khuzestani Persian
Southwestern Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Hamedani Persian
Southwestern Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Isfahani Persian
Southwestern Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Shirazi Persian
Southwestern Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Yazdi Persian
Southwestern Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Kermani Persian
Southwestern Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Mashhadi Persian
Southwestern Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Herati Persian
Southwestern Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Kabuli Persian
Omar Khayyam language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Hazaragi subclassOf Persian language
Hazaragi closelyRelatedTo Persian language
this entity surface form: Kabuli Persian
Hazaragi mutualIntelligibilityWith Persian language
this entity surface form: Iranian Persian
Old Persian ancestorOf Persian language
this entity surface form: New Persian (Modern Persian)
Indo-Iranian languages includesLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Aimaqs ethnonymLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Aimaqs mainLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Nastaʿlīq primaryLanguage Persian language
Suhrawardiyya hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Ja'fari school languageOfScholarship Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Proto-Indo-European hasDescendant Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Talpur dynasty languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kurdish language closelyRelatedTo Persian language
Kurdish language lexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Uyghur language (historically) containsLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Eastern Arabic numerals usedInLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
pir etymologyLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Persian Gulf states hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kish Island languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sara usedInLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Brahui people historicalLanguageContact Persian language
David isUsedInLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Qeshm Island languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Tehran Province officialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
University of Tehran languageOfInstruction Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Jajrud River (nearby) nameLanguage Persian language
subject surface form: Jajrud River
this entity surface form: Persian
Parliament of Iran languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Lashkari Zaban lexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Konkani hasSignificantLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Wikiversity hasVersionInLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Arabic alphabet usedFor Persian language