Persian (فارسی) is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages and the only South-Western Iranian language. It is primarily spoken in Iran (Persia) neighbouring Afghanistan (officially known as Dari since 1958 for political reasons) Tajikistan (officially known as Tajiki since the Soviet era for political reasons) and some other regions which historically came under Persian influence.
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ISO 639-1 code
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ISO 639-3 code
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family
Indo-Iranian languages, Western Iranian languages, Iranian languages
language regulator or academy
Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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