Which language family does Persian belong to? What are the countries and regions where it is spoken? How is it different from and related to Arabic?

Farsi (? = F?rsi, ? = P?rsi) belongs to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European family of languages, and is a language with a long tradition spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. With the influx of immigrants from these countries to neighboring regions, many countries now have Persian-speaking communities. For historical and religious reasons, nearly 60% of the vocabulary of modern Persian comes from Arabic, which belongs to the Semitic family of languages. Persian is spelled with the Arabic alphabet

The Persian language has historically been most influenced by Arabic, with about nearly half of its words coming from Arabic. In addition, it has partially absorbed Turkish and Mongolian words, and in recent years has absorbed more words from European languages such as French, English, and Russian