Persian
Persian is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Iranian branch of Indo-European; Perso-Arabic script. Official language of Iran, with Dari (Afghanistan) and Tajik (Tajikistan) as closely related standard varieties; major classical literary language through poets like Rumi and Hafez.
6 Levels of Analysis for Persian
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Persian
What language family does Persian belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Persian?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Persian one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.