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LingoBear creates short Persian passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Southwestern Iranian language, Persian (Perso-Arabic) script with 32 letters, no grammatical gender, SOV word order, FSI Category III, ~110M speakers across Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

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What are Persian, Farsi, Dari and Tajik?

Persian (فارسی) is the Southwestern Iranian language historically called Farsi in Iran, Dari in Afghanistan and Tajik in Tajikistan. These are largely the same language with regional accent, vocabulary and orthography differences (Tajik uses Cyrillic). About 110 million people speak Persian globally. The Academy of Persian Language and Literature recommends 'Persian' over 'Farsi' in English usage.

Is Persian hard to learn for English speakers?

Persian is FSI Category III — about 1,100 hours — but it has several relatively friendly features: no grammatical gender, no noun cases, no articles, regular verb conjugations, and SOV word order. The script (32 letters, right to left) takes time and short vowels are not written. The ezāfe — a short -e linking nouns to modifiers (mašin-e man 'my car') — is also unwritten and trips up beginners.