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Revision as of 15:51, 25 February 2002 by 64.66.203.116 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Farsi (also known as Persian) is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Gorjestan,(Georgia), part of India and part of Pakistan. It has over 200 million speakers. It belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is of the SOV type. Farsi is an old language that has a root in thousand years ago. The original version of this language was known as Dari that was the language spoken by the kings,governers and the elite groups in ancient Iran. The language itself has greately developed during the centuries. Due to technological developments new words and idioms are created and enter into Farsi like any other languages. In Iran the Academy of Farsi language and Litreture is a center that evaluates the new words in order to initiate and advise its Farsi equivalent.