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Farsi-English New
Testament
ISBN-10: 0882643304
ISBN-13: 9780882643304
Publisher:
VOM -
1995
Format:
Hardcover
Persian
(local
names:
فارسی,
Farsi )
is an
Iranian
language
within
the
Indo-Iranian
branch
of the
Indo-European
languages.
It is
mainly
spoken
in Iran,
Afghanistan
and
Tajikistan,
and also
in
surrounding
areas;
it has
official-language
status
in these
three
countries.
The
Persian
language
has been
a medium
for
literary
and
scientific
contributions
to the
Islamic
world as
well as
the
Western.
It has
had an
influence
on
certain
neighboring
languages,
particularly
the
Turkic
languages
of
Central
Asia,
Caucasus,
and
Anatolia
as well
as Urdu,
Hindi,
Saraiki
and
other
Indian
languages.
It has
had a
lesser
influence
on
Arabic
and
other
languages
of
Mesopotamia.
For five
centuries
prior to
the
British
colonization,
Persian
was
widely
used as
a second
language
in the
Indian
subcontinent;
it took
prominence
as the
language
of
culture
and
education
in
several
Muslim
courts
in South
Asia and
became
the
"official
language"
under
the
Mughal
emperors.
Only in
1843 did
the
subcontinent
begin
conducting
business
in
English.
Evidence
of
Persian's
historical
influence
there
can be
seen in
the
extent
of its
influence
on the
languages
of the
Indian
subcontinent,
as well
as the
popularity
that
Persian
literature
still
enjoys
in that
region.
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