Western Persian
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| Western Persian | ||||
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| Farsi فارسی Fārsī |
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| Pronunciation | [fɒːɾˈsiː] | |||
| Native to | Iran, Iraq | |||
| Region | Western Asia | |||
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Indo-European
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| Dialects | Tehrani, Abadani, Araki, Bandari, Esfahani, Karbalai, Kashani, Kermani, Mashhadi, Qazvini, Shirazi, Yazdi | |||
| Writing system | Perso-Arabic script | |||
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| Official language in |  Iran |
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| Regulated by | Academy of Persian Language and Literature | |||
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| ISO 639-3 | pes | |||
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Western Persian, or Farsi (Persian: فارسی Fārsī [fɒːɾˈsiː]), is the most widely spoken dialect of Persian. It is spoken in Iran and by minorities in Iraq and the Persian Gulf states. It is one of three major dialects of Persian.
Western Persian is also known as Farsi, Western Farsi, Iranian Persian, or simply Persian.
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