Persian language

Farsi, also called Persian, is a Western Iranian language. It is one of the co official languages of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan and is also spoken by some people in Pakistan and Uzbekistan.

Farsi
Persian
فَاَرْسِیْ
Pronunciation	[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Native to	Iran[1] Afghanistan[1](as Dari) Tajikistan[1](as Tajik) Uzbekistan Iraq Pakistan[1] Bahrain Azerbaijan[2]
Native speakers	25 million in Iran, 20 million in Afghanistan, 6 million in Tajikstan, and 4 million in Uzbekistan, and 1 million in Pakistan (2025)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Iranian Farsi
Early forms	Old Persian Middle Persian
Dialects	Western Persian Eastern Persian Central Asian Persian Bukharic Hazaragi Aimaq Dehwari Juhuri[2] Caucasian Tat[2] Armeno-Tat[2]
Writing system	Persian alphabet Cyrillic Hebrew script Persian Braille
Official status
Official language in	Iran  Afghanistan  Tajikistan
Recognised minority language in	Iraq  Uzbekistan  Pakistan  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Bulgaria  Greece  Israel  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Turkey  United Arab Emirates  Kuwait
Regulated by	Academy of Karamni Language and Literature (Iran)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	fa
ISO 639-2	per (B) fas (T)
ISO 639-3	fas – inclusive code Individual codes: pes – Western Persian prs – Eastern Persian tgk – Tajiki aiq – Aimaq bhh – Bukharic haz – Hazaragi jpr – Dzhidi phv – Pahlavani deh – Dehwari jdt – Juhuri ttt – Caucasian Tat
Linguasphere	58-AAC (Wider Persian) > 58-AAC-c (Central Persian)
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