Persian Language

	nativename	فارسی (Transliteration: fārsi), پارسی (Transliteration:pārsi)
	states	Iran ( Persia ), Afghanistan , Tajikistan , and neighboring countries
	region	Middle East , Central Asia
	speakers	61 million native<br />110 million total
	rank	19th (native speakers)
	familycolor	Indo-European
	fam2	Indo-Iranian
	fam3	Iranian
	fam4	Western Iranian
	fam5	Southwestern Iranian
	nation	Iran , Tajikistan , Afghanistan
	agency	Academy Of Persian Language And Literature <br /> Academy Of Sciences Of Afghanistan
	iso1	faiso2b=periso2t=fas
	lc1	prsld1=Eastern Persian
	lc2	pesld2=Western Persian
	lc3	tgkld3=Tajikll3=Tajik language
	lc4	aiqld4=Aimaqll4=Aimaq language
	lc5	bhhld5=Bukharicll5=Bukharic language
	lc6	dehld6=Dehwarill6=Dehwari language
	lc7	drwld7=Darwazill7=Darwazi language
	lc8	hazld8=Hazaragill8=Hazaragi language
	lc9	jprld9=Dzhidill9=Dzhidi language

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	Last	Mace
	First	John
	Title	Persian Grammar: For reference and revision
	Publisher	London : Routledge-Curzon
	Year	2003

	Last	Schmitt
	First	Rüdiger
	Title	Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum
	Publisher	Wiesbaden : Ludwig Reichert Verlag
	Year	1989

	Last	Windfuhr
	First	Gernot L
	Editor	Bernard Comrie
	Title	The World's Major Languages
	Publisher	Oxford : Oxford University Press
	Year	1987

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