Pronunciation [fɒːɾˈsiː] Region Western Asia | Native to Iran, Iraq 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 | ||
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.
References
Western Persian Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA