سلام!
say it: “sah-LAHM”
Persian
in its own words: فارسی
- Speakers
- 85 million (estimate)
- Family
- Indo-European – Iranian
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkmenistan, Türkiye
- Script
- Arabic
- Official language
- Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran
Fun fact
Bazaar, caravan and pyjamas come from Persian; “checkmate” is usually explained as “the king is helpless”.