Persian, Iranian

• 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))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Watch The JESUS Film in Persian, Iranian
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Persian, Iranian
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Persian, Iranian on the web
• Joshua Project: Persian, Iranian — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Persian, Iranian — detailed linguistic information.