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.

Anatolian beyliks language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Dhivehi influencedBy Persian language
Dhivehi hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Treaty of Allahabad language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
William Chittick languageOfWorkOrName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Nogai language lexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
AMES languageTeaching Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) languageDesignation Persian language
this entity surface form: Farsi
Arghun dynasty language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Jawi Malay influencedBy Persian language
al-Hujwiri languageOfWorkOrName Persian language
subject surface form: Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri
this entity surface form: Persian
Ashraf usedInLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Ava etymology Persian language
this entity surface form: in Persian, associated with the word for "voice" or "sound"
Karim Khalili languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Baran usedInLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Amirabad Campus languageOfEnvironment Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sorkhpooshan languageOfName Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
northern Iran languageSpoken Persian language
subject surface form: Northern Iran
this entity surface form: Persian
AUT languageOfInstruction Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Varamin County hasOfficialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Qazvin Province language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Persian Wikinews language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Gorgan hasOfficialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Line 7 hasLanguage Persian language
subject surface form: Line 7 (Tehran Metro)
this entity surface form: Persian
Pakdasht County languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Pakdasht County nativeLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Karaj languageMajority Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Badînî hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Imperial State of Iran officialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Hewrami shiftPressureFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Hawrami hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Hawrami dialect influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Ahvaz hasOfficialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Dvin otherHistoricalLanguagesSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Semnani languages distinctFrom Persian language
Tati language influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sangisari language distinctFrom Persian language
Azerbaijani diaspora languageUsed Persian language
Gilaks nativeNameLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Bashkir hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Karakalpak hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
Golconda languageOfAdministration Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Asad languageOfUse Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Western Iranian languages hasSubdivision Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian language continuum
Western Iranian languages hasSubdivision Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Western Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
northwestern Iran hasLanguage Persian language
subject surface form: Northwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Persian
Bojnord officialLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Persianate world hasKeyLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Classical Persian