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'''Persian''', or '''Farsi''', is a language of [[Central Asia]].
'''Persian''', or '''Farsi''', is a language of [[Central Asia]].
It is spoken in [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Tajikstan]]. The [[Tajik]] variant is quite different than the Persian/Farsi spoken to its south. Ancient Persian used different alphabets, but during the 7th Century Islamic conquest of Central Asia, the [[Arabic]] alphabet came into use and by the end of the 8th Century it had become the standard writing system. Tajik Persian has been written in the [[Roman alphabet]], but today is written in [[Cyrillic]], due to [[20th Century]] [[Soviet]] control over the country. The Arabic alphabet has been modified in Iran and Afghanistan to account for sounds in the language that do not exist in Arabic, such as a letter for the "P" sound.
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Languages]]