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.

Safi I languageOfCourt Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Abbas II languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Aq Qoyunlu language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sijistan languageHistoricallySpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Farah city majorLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Ormur hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Parachi influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Parachi hasLexicalSimilarityWith Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Seyhun languageContext Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Zahedan languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Zahedan languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Sistani Persian
Kati language neighboringLanguages Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian (Dari)
Middle Armenian influencedBy Persian language
Shirin languageOfOrigin Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Marand languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Sarab languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
eastern Iran languageCurrentlySpoken Persian language
subject surface form: Eastern Iran
Shughni influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Munji hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Tats linguisticInfluenceFrom Persian language
Khoy languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Khalaj contactLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Khalaj hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
qiran usedWith Persian language
Persian Constitutional Revolution language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Karluk languages influencedBy Persian language
Iranian diaspora language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Zanjan languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Daikundi Province language Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
West Azerbaijan Province hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Rey languageCurrentlySpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Qarchak County hasOfficialNameLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Urmia languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Arak languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Ilam languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Armaghan-e-Hijaz titleLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Urdu literature influencedByLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Bijan Davari languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Pishva County languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Rasht languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Khorramabad languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Islam Qala hasLanguage Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Jayhun languageOfOrigin Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Kamkata-vari influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Pashayi languages influencedBy Persian language
this entity surface form: Dari Persian
Ali Gohar language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Birjand languageSpoken Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Karts of Herat language Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Mamluk Arabic hasInfluenceFrom Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian
Bushehr languageUsed Persian language
this entity surface form: Persian