WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Persian, predominant ethnic group of Iran (formerly known as Persia). Although of diverse ancestry, the Persian people are united by their language, Persian (Farsi), which belongs to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although Persian (Farsi) is the predominant and official language of Iran, a number of languages and dialects from three language families-Indo-European, Altaic, and Afro-Asiatic-are spoken. Roughly three-fourths of Iranians speak one of the Indo-European languages.

Detailed explanation-3: -Farsi is the Persians’ endonym, or internal name, for the language. Specifically, it refers to the dialect spoken in Iran, which is slightly different from that spoken in Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

Detailed explanation-4: -Persian is an important language of the Middle East and Central Asia. It is known as Farsi in Iran, Dari in Afghanistan and Tajik in Tajikistan. It has about 62 million native speakers, ranking it among the world’s 20 most widely spoken first languages; another 50 million or more speak it as a second language.