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ISO 639-3 · pespes
Indo-European family
Iranian Persian
Iranian Persian is a language of the Southwestern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Iran. Wikidata counts 52.8 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “dialect of the Persian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pes- Glottocode
west2369- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Wikipedia
- 15 language editions
52.8 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Iranian Persian |
|---|---|
| Also called | Western Persian, Fârsi-ye Irâni, Western Farsi |
| L1 speakers | 52,800,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Persian alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Iranian Persian
The branches above Iranian Persian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Iran
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