Persian

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Place: Bahrain, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Tajikistan
Notes: In Iran, their variation of Persian is called Farsi. In Afghanistan, it is called Dari or Dari Persian. Clicking the blue information icon below will take you to the Ethnologue site Language Name Index for languages beginning with PA to PER. Scroll to the bottom to find Persian. The Persian on the toolbar is Farsi.

Name	Alternate Names	Dialects	Where Spoken
Eastern Farsi	Persian, Dari, Parsi	Dari (Afghan Farsi + 5) , Parsiwan	Afghanistan (25-50% of population), Pakistan
Western Farsi	Persian, Parsi	14 dialects	Central and South Central Iran

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