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Iran's ethnic diversity means that the languages of Iran come from a number of linguistic origins, although the primary language spoken and used is Persian. The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran asserts that the Persian language alone must be used for schooling and for all official government communications.
May 11, 2024 · Persian language, member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family. It is the official language of Iran, and two varieties of Persian known as Dari and Tajik are official languages in Afghanistan and Tajikistan, respectively.
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Languages of Iran. Although Persian (Farsi) is the predominant and official language of Iran, a number of languages and dialects from three language families— Indo-European, Altaic, and Afro-Asiatic —are spoken. Roughly three-fourths of Iranians speak one of the Indo-European languages.
Jun 20, 2019 · Despite the wide range of differences within the population, Iran has only one official language: Persian. The Persian language, also known as Farsi, belongs to the Indo-European language family, and is part of the Indo-Iranian subgroup. Persian originated from the Old Persian language of the Achaemenid Empire and the later Middle Persian of ...
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The standard Persian of Iran has been called, apart from Persian and Farsi, by names such as Iranian Persian and Western Persian, exclusively. [47] [48] Officially, the official language of Iran is designated simply as Persian ( فارسی , fārsi ).
Avestan (an extinct East Iranian language) was probably spoken in northeastern Iran, and Old Persian (an extinct West Iranian language) is known to have been used in southwestern Iran. Other ancient Iranian languages must have existed, and indirect evidence is available concerning some of these.
Iranian languages in Iran included Persian, Luri, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazanderani, and Balochi. The largest group of people in present-day Iran are Persians who speak dialects of the language called Farsi in Persian. [11]
