Re:Internet in Iran gradually shuttting down due to protests
by asadhaider on Saturday November 16, 2019 @10:31PM
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I believe it's likely Farsi which uses the same Arabic alphabet but is a different language. People from Iran are Persian, not Arabs.
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Re:Internet in Iran gradually shuttting down due to protests
by smnrchrds on Saturday November 16, 2019 @10:55PM
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> People from Iran are Persian, not Arabs.
People from Iran are from many different ethnicities, including Arabs [0]; although Arabs are one of the smaller ethnic minorities of Iran. Only about 60% of Iranians are Persian [1].
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Arabs
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Iran#Languages...
Re:Internet in Iran gradually shuttting down due to protests
by akhosravian on Sunday November 17, 2019 @02:00AM
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The preferred term for the language is “Persian”. The word for the language in the language (Like “English” in English or “español” in Spanish) is Farsi.
The Wikipedia article on the organization that regulates the language has links to sources if you care to learn more: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Persian_Language_...