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.

Persia notableLiteratureLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Classical Persian
Awadhi influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi languageOfWorkOrName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Balkh languageHistoricallySpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Balkh modernLanguageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Makatib language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Tus languageOfHistoricalPopulation Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
motaqareb metre usedInLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Rostam languageOfWorkOrName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
On the Excellence of Contentment language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Tajik language subclassOf Persian language
Tajik language closelyRelatedTo Persian language
this entity surface form: Iranian Persian
Tajik language closelyRelatedTo Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Tajik language historicallyPartOf Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian language continuum
Luri language closelyRelatedTo Persian language
Luri language sharesFeaturesWith Persian language
Luri language hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
Hazaragi dialect subclassOf Persian language
Hazaragi dialect subclassOf Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Hazaragi dialect closelyRelatedTo Persian language
this entity surface form: Kabuli Persian
Hazaragi dialect mutualIntelligibilityWith Persian language
this entity surface form: Iranian Persian
Samar languageOfOrigin Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Raja Bir Singh Deo languageOfCourt Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Mazanderani language influencedBy Persian language
Pamir languages contactWith Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Kandahari Begum motherTongue Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kandahari Begum nativeLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kashmiri language influencedBy Persian language
Kashmiri language hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
Persian culture mainLanguage Persian language
Mughal culture usesLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Jami language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Akbarian school language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Ferdowsi Day honours Persian language
Sana'i language Persian language
Sohrab languageOfWork Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Zal languageOfSource Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Middle Persian language directAncestorOf Persian language
subject surface form: Middle Persian
this entity surface form: Modern Persian
Middle Persian language influenced Persian language
subject surface form: Middle Persian
this entity surface form: Classical Persian
Middle Persian language influenced Persian language
subject surface form: Middle Persian
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Zahhak languageOfOrigin Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Languages of India influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Ali Shariati (ideologue) languageOfWorkOrName Persian language
subject surface form: Ali Shariati
this entity surface form: Persian
Beylik of Germiyan language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Bamyan Province languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Pars influenced Persian language
Fereydun languageOfSources Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Divan of Hafez language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Daykundi Province officialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Kiamu influencedBy Persian language