Western Persian

Western Persian
Farsi
فارسی
Pronunciation	[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Native to	Iran, Iraq
Region	Western Asia
Native speakers	51.6 million (2015)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Iranian Persian Western Persian
Dialects	Abadani, Araki, Bandari, Esfahani, Karbalai, Kashani, Kermani, Mashhadi, Qazvini, Shirazi, Tehrani, Yazdi
Writing system	Perso-Arabic script
Official status
Official language in	Iran
Regulated by	Academy of Persian Language and Literature
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	`west2369`
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Western Persian or Iranian Persian 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 Iranian Persian, Farsi,Western Farsi, or simply Persian.

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