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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Referenced by (562)

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

Syriana language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Seraiki hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Eskandar hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Elizabeth hasLanguageOfUse Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sorani hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
western Iran language Persian language
subject surface form: Western Iran
this entity surface form: Persian
Iranian Azerbaijan officialLanguageOfCountry Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Western Afghanistan dominantLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Turkic languages areInfluencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian (lexicon)
Qajar Iran officialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kamviri language neighboringLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Tregami language lexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Tregami language threatenedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Iranian American language Persian language
subject surface form: Iranian Americans
this entity surface form: Farsi
Middle East and North Africa hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Ashkun language contactLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Tat language relatedTo Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Tat language hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kabul officialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Nishapur languageHistoricallySpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Wajid Ali Shah languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Afghan languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Hazara Persian
Mustafa usedInLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Lotfi A. Zadeh languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Shiraz, Iran language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Yazd language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Islamic medicine usedLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Malvani hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Göklen dialect codeSwitchingWith Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Shina influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Pontus hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Khan hasLinguisticOrigin Persian language
Persian language Persian language
Chagatai Turkic hasInfluenceFrom Persian language
mir bakhshi usedLanguage Persian language
subject surface form: Mir Bakhshi
this entity surface form: Persian
ud-Daulah hasEtymologicalOrigin Persian language
Herat languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Mumtaz Mahal languageOfName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Roxana hasOrigin Persian language
Mughal dynasty language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Mughal dynasty administrativeLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Bengal Subah languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Tabriz languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Khorasan language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
tanka languageOfLegends Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Isfahan languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Shatt al-Arab languageOfAlternativeName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Assamese hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Qazvin, Iran officialLanguage Persian language
subject surface form: Qazvin
this entity surface form: Persian