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.

Dezfuli dialect closelyRelatedTo Persian language
this entity surface form: Khuzestani Persian
Dezfuli dialect standardLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Standard Persian
Qazvini Persian subclassOf Persian language
Qazvini Persian hasStandardForm Persian language
this entity surface form: Standard Persian
Qazvini Persian closelyRelatedTo Persian language
this entity surface form: Isfahani Persian
Qazvini Persian hasMutualIntelligibilityWith Persian language
this entity surface form: Standard Persian
tatar tele hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Selim II languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Esfandiyar languageOfWork Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Yalda Night hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kumzari language hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kumzari language hasNeighboringLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Achomi language closelyRelatedTo Persian language
Achomi language hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
Proto-Iranian language ancestorOf Persian language
Fars gaveNameTo Persian language
Pahlavi era language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Western Persian subclassOf Persian language
Western Persian hasAlternativeName Persian language
this entity surface form: Iranian Persian
Western Persian isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Western Persian developedFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Classical Persian
Central Highlands of Afghanistan language Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Firozkohi Aimaqs language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Firozkohi Aimaqs language Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Jamshidi Aimaqs usesLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Jamshidi Aimaqs ethnonymLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Shushtari dialect partOf Persian language
Shushtari dialect closelyRelatedTo Persian language
this entity surface form: Khuzestani Persian
Shushtari dialect lexifier Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Shushtari dialect sharesVocabularyWith Persian language
this entity surface form: Standard Persian
Shushtari dialect hasAlternativeName Persian language
this entity surface form: Shushtari Persian
Shushtari dialect influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Standard Persian
Shushtari dialect macroLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian (Farsi)
Taimuri Aimaqs languageGroup Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Ghor Province language Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Parviz Moin languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Abul-Qasim languageOfWorkOrName Persian language
subject surface form: Ferdowsi
this entity surface form: Persian
Rohingya language hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Persian language
Khuzestan languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sema ceremony languageOfPoetry Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Hormuz Island language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Javad Uyezd usedLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Luri hasLexicalSimilarityWith Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Mewati hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
External Services Division languageOfBroadcast Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Bandar Abbas officialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Miran languageOfUse Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sistan and Baluchestan Province hasSpokenLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Sistani Persian
Brahui contactLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Brahui hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian