Persian language

E3587

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.

All labels observed (33)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (81)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European language
Indo-Iranian language
Iranian language
literary language
standard language
alsoKnownAs Dari
Farsi
linked to: Persian language

Tajik
borrowedFromLanguage Arabic
English
French
developedFrom Middle Persian
Old Persian
eraOfOrigin early Islamic period
hasAncestor Middle Persian
Old Persian
linked to: Iranian languages
hasDialect Dari Persian
linked to: Persian language

Hazaragi
Iranian Persian
linked to: Persian language

Luri Persian
Tajik Persian
linked to: Persian language
hasMorphologicalType fusional language
hasNotableAuthor Ferdowsi
Hafez
Omar Khayyam
Rumi
Saadi
hasNotableWork Bustan
Divan of Hafez
linked to: Hafez

Gulistan
Masnavi
linked to: Rumi

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
Hindi
Kurdish
Ottoman Turkish
Pashto
linked to: Pashto language

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
ISO639-1Code fa
ISO639-2Code fas
per
ISO639-3Code fas
languageFamily 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
Tajik Cyrillic script
linked to: Cyrillic script
spokenBy Aimaqs
Hazaras
Persians
Tajiks
standardFormBasedIn Tehran dialect
subfamily Southwestern Iranian languages
Western Iranian languages
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Central Asia
Greater Iran
Indian subcontinent (historically)
linked to: South Asia
writingSystem Arabic script
Cyrillic script
Persian alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (562)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabic influencedLanguage Persian
linked to: Persian language
Turkish language usesLoanwordsFrom Persian
linked to: Persian language
Iran officialLanguage Persian
linked to: Persian language
Persian language alsoKnownAs Farsi
linked to: Persian language
Persian language hasDialect Iranian Persian
linked to: Persian language
Persian language hasDialect Dari Persian
linked to: Persian language
Persian language hasDialect Tajik Persian
linked to: Persian language
Sind historicalLanguage Persian
linked to: Persian language
Tehran majorLanguage Persian
linked to: Persian language
Urdu usesAdditionalLettersFrom Persian
subject linked to: Urdu language
linked to: Persian language
Urdu hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Persian
subject linked to: Urdu language
linked to: Persian language
Urdu hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Persian
subject linked to: Urdu language
linked to: Persian language
Pashto language hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
Judeo-Tat lexicalInfluence Persian
linked to: Persian language
Asian American languageUsed Persian
linked to: Persian language
Mesopotamian Arabic influencedBy Persian
linked to: Persian language
Siraj ud-Daulah languageSpoken Persian
linked to: Persian language
mansabdari system languageOfTerm Persian
linked to: Persian language
Delhi Sultanate languageUsed Persian
linked to: Persian language
Ramin etymologicalOrigin Middle Persian
linked to: Persian language
Google Translate availableLanguage Persian
linked to: Persian language
Jahangir languageOfCourt Persian
linked to: Persian language
Balochi influencedBy Persian
linked to: Persian language
Akbar languageSpoken Persian
linked to: Persian language
Azerbaijani language hasLoanwordsFrom Persian language
Turkmen language lexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
Judeo-Persian subclassOf Persian language
Judeo-Persian closelyRelatedTo New Persian
linked to: Persian language
Aurangzeb language Persian (court language)
linked to: Persian language
Old Anatolian Turkish influencedBy Persian
linked to: Persian language
Old Anatolian Turkish lexicalBorrowingFrom Persian
linked to: Persian language
Ottoman Turkish hasInfluenceFrom Persian
linked to: Persian language
Ottoman Turkish lexicalSourceLanguage Persian
linked to: Persian language
Voice of America languageOfWorkOrName Persian
linked to: Persian language
Bukharan Jews languageFamily Persian language
Michael isUsedInLanguage Persian
linked to: Persian language
Iranian rial languageOfInscription Persian
linked to: Persian language
Kiunguja lexifierInfluence Persian
linked to: Persian language
Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Persian language
Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Dari Persian
linked to: Persian language
Academy of Persian Language and Literature languageOfWorkOrName Persian
linked to: Persian language
Tehran dialect partOf Persian language
Tajiks historicalLanguage Classical Persian
linked to: Persian language
Hafez nativeLanguage Persian
linked to: Persian language
Hazaras language Persian
linked to: Persian language
Hazaras languageVariantOf Dari Persian
linked to: Persian language
Bashkir language lexicalInfluenceFrom Persian language
Majhi dialect influencedBy Persian
linked to: Persian language