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western farsi language

The WesternFarsiLanguage is a PersianLanguage of Iran. SIL code: PES. ISO 639-1: fa. ISO 639-2(B): per. ISO 639-2(T): fas. Population: 22,000,000 in Iran, or 35.92% of the population (1997), including 800,000 Dari in Khorasan, Gilan, Tat, Bakhtiyari, Lor. Population total all countries: 24,280,000. Region: Central and south central Iran. Also spoken in 26 other countries including Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iraq, Israel, Netherlands, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan. Alternate names: PERSIAN, PARSI. Dialects: QAZVINI, MAHALLATI, HAMADANI, KASHANI, ISFAHANI, SEDEHI, KERMANI, ARAKI, SHIRAZI, JAHROMI, SHAHRUDI, KAZERUNI, MASHADI (MESHED), BASSERI. Comments: The literary language is virtually identical in Iran and Afghanistan, with very minor lexical differences. Zargari may be a dialect used by goldsmiths (also see Balkan Romani in Iran). Dialect shading into Dari in Afghanistan and Tajiki in Tajikistan. National language. Grammar. SOV. All schools use Farsi. Radio programs. Mainly Shi'a Muslim. Bible 1838-1995. Also spoken in: Iraq. (Language name: FARSI, WESTERN.) Population: 227,000 in Iraq (1993), 1.2% of the population (1989). Alternate names: PERSIAN. Comments: Muslim. Bible 1838-1995. Also spoken in: Oman. (Language name: FARSI, WESTERN.) Population: 25,000 in Oman (1993). Alternate names: PERSIAN. Comments: Many women speak only Farsi. Men who go outside the community speak Arabic as second language, and many know 2 or 3 other languages. Shi'a Muslim. Bible 1838-1995. Also spoken in: Qatar. (Language name: FARSI, WESTERN.) Population: 73,000 in Qatar (1993), 23% of the population (1986). Alternate names: PERSIAN. Comments: Muslim. Bible 1838-1995. Also spoken in: Tajikistan. (Language name: FARSI, WESTERN.) Population: 31,000 in Tajikistan (1993 Johnstone), 31% speak it as mother tongue. Alternate names: PERSIAN. Comments: Dialect blending into Tajiki. Not a literary language in Tajikistan. Shi'a Muslim. Bible 1838-1995. Also spoken in: United Arab Emirates. (Language name: FARSI, WESTERN.) Population: 80,000 or 4.9% of population in UAE (1986). Alternate names: PERSIAN. Comments: Merchants, traders. Muslim. Bible 1838-1995.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)

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Instances	content bearing physical	Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
	entity	The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
	human language	The subclass of Languages used by Humans.
	indo european language	There are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	indo iranian language	An IndoIranianLanguage is any of 296 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in south Asia and nearby regions.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	iranian language	Of the 296 IndoIranianLanguages, 84 of these are classified as an IranianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	language	A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
	language family	A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family)
	linguistic expression	This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
	natural language	The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages.
	persian language	Of the 16 SouthwesternIranianLanguages, 10 of these are classified as a PersianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	physical	An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
	southwestern iranian language	Of the 69 WesternIranianLanguages 16 of these are classified as a SouthwesternIranianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	western iranian language	Of the 84 IranianLanguages, 69 of these are classified as a WesternIranianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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