Iran
Farsi
A name for the Persian spoken in Iran.
About Farsi
A language full of stories.
Salaam! That means . Farsi is the Persian we learn here.
A language for everyday chats, stories, and new discoveries. Open a to explore.
Tap a highlighted word to see it in Farsi.
Try your first helloMany voices. Shared roots.
Who speaks Persian?
Persian-speaking families live in these places and around the world.
Afghanistan
Dari
A closely related variety used in Afghanistan.
Tajikistan
Tajik
A closely related variety used in Tajikistan.
Related varieties can have different sounds, words, and writing.
A language through time
Old roots. New stories.
Persian has changed over thousands of years. Its story is still growing.
Old Persian
An early stage of the language.
Middle Persian
Sounds and writing continued to change.
New Persian
The stage that includes Persian today.
For curious grown-ups: a little more history
Persian belongs to the Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. Farsi, Dari, and Tajik share roots, with regional differences in vocabulary, pronunciation, and writing traditions.
Persian has used several writing systems over time. Iranian Persian uses a script adapted from Arabic; Tajik is generally written in Cyrillic. “New Persian” includes older literature as well as the language spoken today.
The Latin-letter spellings in the word reveals are draft reading aids, not recordings. Educator review is still pending.