Alternate Names: New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Dialects: Abadani, Araki, Bandari, Basseri, Esfahani, Kashani, Kermani, Ketabi, Mahalhamadani, Mashadi (Meshed), Old Shirazi, Qazvini, Sedehi, Shahrudi Kazeruni, Shirazi, Shirazjahromi, Tehrani, Yazdi. Literary language virtually identical in Iran and Afghanistan, with very minor lexical differences. Dialect shading into Dari , in Afghanistan and Tajiki , in Tajikistan. Many dialects may be separate languages. A member of macrolanguage Persian ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 45,000,000 in Iran (2011), increasing. 800,000 Eastern Farsi in Khorasan speak dialects which are transitional with Iranian Persian. Population total all countries: 47,045,100.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Also use English [eng], Northern Luri [lrc], South Azerbaijani [azb], Southern Luri [luz].
Language Development: Taught in primary and secondary schools. Fully developed. Bible: 1838–1995.
Typology: SOV.
Spoken In: Iran
Writing System: Arabic
Nation of Origin: Iran
Other Comments: Muslim (Shi’a), Baha’i, Christian.