| The Persian language is one of the most easy to | | | | Apart from this, world's best poetry exists in the |
| learn and pleasant language of the world. It is a treat | | | | Persian language. It is the language of Rumi, which |
| to read the prose and poetry of this language. | | | | has been the best seller author in US a few years |
| Today it is spoken by more than 100 million people | | | | back. It is the language of the great mystic poet |
| mostly in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. But its | | | | Hafiz of Shiraz. It is the language of Saadi, of Fidousi, |
| importance should not be underestimated since many | | | | of Urfi, of Unsuri, of the great Omar Khayyam, of |
| major languages of South and Central Asia are | | | | Al-Beruni, of Avicenna, of Ghazzali- to name a few. |
| indebted to Persian for their vocabulary. These | | | | Persian is an Indo European language and some of its |
| languages include, Uzbek, Turkish, Kurdish, Urdu, Hindi, | | | | words bear close resemblance to English and even |
| Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Baluchi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujrati | | | | Spanish. For instance Mother is called Maader in |
| and many other languages of South Asia. | | | | Persian and Madre in Spanish. Father is called Pidar in |
| In Indo Pak subcontinent, Persian has been the | | | | Persian and Padre in Spanish. |
| official language for more than a thousand years | | | | In short Persian is a language which is rich in cultural |
| before the advent of the British. Even now in | | | | heritage is worth learning. There are several very |
| contemporary India and Pakistan, Persian words can | | | | good sites on the net which can help you learn this |
| easily be traced in Urdu and Hindi both of which have | | | | language in a very short time. |
| borrowed heavily from Persian. | | | | |