Western Persian Farsi فارسی Pronunciation [fɒːɾˈsiː] Native to Iran, Iraq Region Western Asia Native speakers 51.6 million (2015)[1] Language family Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Iranian Persian Western Persian Dialects Abadani, Araki, Bandari, Esfahani, Karbalai, Kashani, Kermani, Mashhadi, Qazvini, Shirazi, Tehrani, Yazdi Writing system Perso-Arabic script Official status Official language in Iran Regulated by Academy of Persian Language and Literature Language codes ISO 639-3 pes Glottolog west2369[2]