What other languages are spoken in Iran (Persia) today?
Persian is the primary language of more than half of all Iranians. It is also the native language of more than half of all Afghanis, and almost all Tjikstanis. Close to half the Iranian population speaks Persian as a 2nd language, and other languages as their own native language. There are a large number of other languages spoken in Iran (Persia) today: Indo-Iranian: * Kurdish (in Kurdistan) * Baluchi * Gilaki (in Gilan and in rural areas North of Tehran) * Lari (Larestani) * Luri (Bakhtiari) * Mazanderani (Tabari) Turkic: * Azerbaijani Turkish * Turkmen Turkish * Khorasani Turkish * Qashqai Turkish (in Shiraz) Others: * Arabic (in the South) * Armenian * Assyrian What did the Pahlavi regime do to Iran’s languages? Persian is Iran’s most common language. In Iran there are also other rich languages. A military officer, Reza Khan Mir-Panj, who took over Persia through a military coup and declared himself king in 1925 and changed his last name to the more grandiose Pahlavi (Middle Persian
