سلام!
say it: “sah-LAHM”
Persian
in its own words: فارسی
- Speakers
- 85 million
- Family
- Indo-European – Iranian
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkmenistan, Türkiye
Fun fact
Bazaar, caravan, pyjamas and checkmate all come from Persian – checkmate means “the king is helpless”.