Iranian Persian
Iranian Persian, Western Persian or Western Farsi, natively simply known as Persian (فارسی, Fārsi), refers to the varieties of the modern Persian language spoken in Iran and by minorities in neighboring countries, as well as by Iranian communities throughout the world. These are mutually intelligible with other varieties of Persian, including Afghanistan's Dari and Tajikistan's Tajiki.
| Iranian Persian | |
|---|---|
| Western Persian | |
| فارسی, Fārsi | |
Fārsi written in Persian calligraphy (Nastaʿlīq) | |
| Pronunciation | [fɒːɾˈsiː] |
| Native to | Iran (Persia) |
| Region | West Asia |
| Ethnicity | Persians |
| Speakers | L1: 57 million (2021) L2: 21 million (2021) |
| Dialects | Abadani Araki Bandari Basseri Esfahani Karbalai Kashani Kermani Kermanshahi Mashhadi Qazvini Shirazi Tehrani Yazdi |
| Perso-Arabic script | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Iran |
| Regulated by | Academy of Persian Language and Literature |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pes |
| Glottolog | west2369 |
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