Languages

Iranian Persian

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Iranian Persian." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/iranian-persian.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Iranian Persian. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/iranian-persian

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-iranian-persian,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Iranian Persian},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/iranian-persian},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Iranian Persian, also called Western Persian or Western Farsi, is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Iran and by others in neighboring countries, as well as by Iranian communities throughout the world.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

pes 1

Speaker Count

83,000,000 1

Ethnologue total figure, 2021-2023.

Region

Iran 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Indo-European

Source Wikipedia: Iranian Persian

In the Other Atlases

Also in Geography Atlas: Iran, located there.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Iranian Persian

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Iranian Persian ..., Western Persian or Western Farsi, is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Iran and by others in neighboring countries, as well as by Iranian communities throughout the world.

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