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.

Qazvin, Iran languageSpoken Persian language
subject surface form: Qazvin
this entity surface form: Persian
Tughlaq dynasty languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Balti influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Balti hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Birbal languageOfWorkOrName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Gilaki hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Din-i Ilahi languageOfExpression Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Qashqai influencedBy Persian language
Qashqai sharesLexiconWith Persian language
Tabriz dialect influencedBy Persian language
Fuzuli languageOfWorkOrName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Persian literature writtenInLanguage Persian language
Persian literature hasLanguageStage Persian language
this entity surface form: Classical Persian
Turco-Mongol usedLanguageFamily Persian language
Jebrail uezd usedLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Burushaski hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Saur Revolution languageOfName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Ottoman culture usesLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Khowar influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) language Persian language
subject surface form: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
this entity surface form: Persian
Judeo-Kermani languageFamily Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Khorasani Turkic hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Dutch Bengal languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Dushanbe etymologyLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Daniel usedInLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Caravanserai etymologyLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Hyderabadi rupee languageOnCoins Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Deccan sultanates languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Turoyo lexicalInfluence Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Begum languageOfOrigin Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Dari subclassOf Persian language
Dari closelyRelatedTo Persian language
this entity surface form: Iranian Persian
Dari alternativeName Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Dari alternativeName Persian language
this entity surface form: Afghan Persian
Dari alternativeName Persian language
this entity surface form: Fārsī-ye Darī
Nouriel Roubini languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sher Shah Suri languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Judeo-Tajik closelyRelatedTo Persian language
Judeo-Tajik closelyRelatedTo Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Azam Shah languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kaykaus I languageOfCourt Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
IRR language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Iranian toman languageContext Persian language
White Revolution reforms languageOfOfficialDocuments Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Aryamehr languageOfOrigin Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Bandar Shahpur hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kumyk influencedBy Persian language
Sher-e-Punjab languageOfOrigin Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Persia language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian