Persian language: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Iran Chamber Society - Persian Language. Sep 26, 2026
Add new Web site: The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - Persian NOT Farsi Iranian Identity Under Fire: An Argument Against the Use of the Word ‘Farsi’ for the Persian Language. Nov 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - The Persian language in history (PDF). Mar 24, 2025
Add new Web site: Penn Arts and Sciences - Penn Language Center - Persian. Nov 22, 2024
Add new Web site: International Journal of Social Science And Human Research - Kurdish and Persian: Dialects or Separate Languages? Oct 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Persian Expansion. Jul 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - History of Persian language. Apr 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Asia Society - Persian language. Jan 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Persian Language. Nov 02, 2022
Corrected display issue. Aug 14, 2019
Add new Web site: Iran Chamber Society - Persian Language and Literature. Aug 08, 2019
Add new Web site: Ir�nian-Speaking Peoples of the Hindu-Kush Region. Jan 28, 2013
Add new Web site: Ir�nian-Speaking Peoples of the Hindu-Kush Region. Jan 28, 2013
Updated to mention that Tajik, a variety of Persian, is the official language in Tajikistan. Dec 29, 2010
Updated to mention that Dari, a variety of Persian, is one of the official languages of Afghanistan. Dec 21, 2010
Added new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Persian Language. Aug 11, 2008
Added new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Persian language. Aug 11, 2008
Added new Web site: Omniglot - Persian. Apr 03, 2008
Added new Web site: Iran Chamber Society - Persian Language. Apr 03, 2008
Added new Web site: Faculty of Arts, Leiden University - Persian Language and Culture. Apr 03, 2008
Added new Web site: Encyclopedia of The Orient - Persian language. Mar 11, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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