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Alternate names: New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian Also: in Australia -- Farsi, Western; in Iraq -- Persian; in Oman -- Persian; in Syria -- New Persian, Persian; in Qatar -- Persian; in Tajikistan -- Persian; in United Arab Emirates -- Persian
Scriptures published: Bible (1838--1995) New Testament (1815--1979) Portions (1546--1965)
Literacy: Taught in primary schools. Y
Primary country: Islamic Republic of Iran
Region: Widespread. Most concentrated in central, south central, and northeast
Also used in: Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iraq, Israel, Netherlands, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan
Religion: Muslim (Shi'a), Baha'i, Christian
Status: Statutory national language in Iran
Number of users: 47,045,100 (45,000,000; 22,800; 227,000 in Iraq (1993); 25,000 in Oman (1993); 53,000 in Syria (2005); 73,000 in Qatar (1993); 50,000 in Tajikistan (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001); 80,000 in United Arab Emirates (1986))