2006-08-04 12:17:02 · 24 answers · asked by Mathew H 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Persian Language, also known as Farsi, is the most widely spoken member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, a subfamily of the Indo-European languages. It is the language of Iran (formerly Persia) and is also widely spoken in Afghanistan and, in an archaic form, in Tajikistan and the Pamir Mountain region.
2006-08-04 12:21:05 · answer #1 · answered by woman38 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethnic Persians speak Farsi.
The land once known as Persia is now part of the country of Iran. The official language of Iran is Western Farsi.
2006-08-04 12:20:12 · answer #2 · answered by elk312 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called Farsi. It's written in an arabic script with some extra dots on some letters. There are many loan words from arabic but it is not an arabic language - it is much more like western languages like Greek, Latin, Sanskrit which have a stem and endings to denote the cases.
Here is a dictionary: http://www.farsidic.com/
(Persia has been called Iran for many years now!)
2006-08-04 12:24:29 · answer #3 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Farsi is the official language of Iran. Persia? Where have you been? That part of the world has not been called that for centuries. Do you know the capital of Mesopotamia?
2006-08-04 12:23:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Persia doesn't exist anymore. It is now Iran. The language there is Farsi.
2006-08-04 12:21:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason for the persistance of the terms "Persia" and "Persian" is because people from Iran know what a bad rep their country has in the west. I've never met an Iranian who didn't refer to him/herself as "Persian." I guess they think it sounds better.
2006-08-04 12:40:57 · answer #6 · answered by grammartroll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Farsi
2006-08-04 12:18:52 · answer #7 · answered by Jay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's Iran I found out on a question. They speak Arabic
2006-08-04 12:20:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Persian(arabic)
2006-08-04 12:20:37 · answer #9 · answered by paulbaby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Persia doesn't exist anymore. Get with it.
2006-08-04 12:22:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋