Iranian Persian
| Iranian Persian | |
|---|---|
| Western Persian | |
| فارسی (Fārsi) | |
Fārsi written in Persian calligraphy (Nastaʿlīq) | |
| Pronunciation | [fɒːɾˈsiː] |
| Native to | Iran |
| Region | West Asia |
| Ethnicity | Persians |
| Speakers | L1: 65 million (2023) L2: 17 million (2021) Total: 83 million (2021–2023) |
| Dialects | Bushehri Abadani Araki Bandari Basseri Esfahani Karbalai Kashani Kermani Kermanshahi Kuwaiti Mashhadi Qazvini Shirazi Tehrani Yazdi |
| Perso-Arabic script | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Iran |
| Regulated by | Academy of Persian Language and Literature |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pes |
| Glottolog | west2369 |
Iranian Persian (Persian: فارسی ایرانی, romanized: Fârsi-ye Irâni), Western Persian or Western Farsi, natively simply known as Persian (Persian: فارسی, romanized: Fârsi), refers to the varieties of the Persian language spoken in Iran and by others in neighboring countries, as well as by Iranian communities throughout the world. These are intelligible with other varieties of Persian, including Afghanistan's Dari and Tajikistan's Tajik. Persian or Farsi serves as the predominant and official spoken language in Iran, with 61.5 million mother tongue speakers in 2023 and 17.2 million second language speakers in 2021.