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Persian (called Fārsi in Persian) an Indo-European language, is Iran’s national and official ‎language. Although written with a modified Arabic alphabet, the two languages are not related but ‎Persian does have many loan words from Arabic. Many young Iranians in major cities, and almost ‎certainly those working in international travel agents and high-end hotels will speak conversational ‎English but basic Persian phrases will definitely come in handy, particularly in rural areas.

Road signs are often double signed in English, but few other signs are. As an extra challenge, ‎most Persian signage uses an ornate calligraphic script that bears little resemblance to its typed ‎form. This can make comparing typed words in phrase books–such as ‘bank’ and ‘hotel’–to signs ‎on buildings quite difficult. However it is still worth memorizing the Persian script for a few key ‎words such as restaurant, guesthouse, and hotel.

Be aware that Kurdish and Azeri-Turkish languages are also spoken in areas of large Kurdish and ‎Azeri populations.‎

Linguistic Composition Iran Map
Linguistic Composition Iran Map