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Persian Language Courses in London
Persian is spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan as well as by minority groups in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, southern Russia, and other neighbouring countries. It is derived from the language of the ancient Persian people. It is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family.Persian and its varieties have official-language status in Iran (Persian Farsi dialect), Afghanistan (Persian Dari dialect), and Tajikistan. There are approximately 62 million native speakers of Persian in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and a similar number who can speak Persian living elsewhere in the world. UNESCO was asked to select Persian as one of its languages in 2006.
There are many borrowed words in the Persian language, mostly coming from Arabic, but also from English, French, German, and the Turkic languages. In return Persian has influenced the vocabularies of other languages, especially the Indo-Iranian languages like Hindi and Urdu, Turkic languages like Turkish and Uzbek, and Arabic. Several languages of southwest Asia have also been influenced, including Armenian and Georgian. Many Persian words have also found their way into the English language.
Farsi
The Academy of Persian Language and Literature has argued in an official pronouncement that the name "Persian" is more appropriate, as it has the longer tradition in the western languages and better expresses the role of the language as a mark of cultural and national continuity. On the other hand, "Farsi" is also encountered frequently in the linguistic literature as a name for the language, used both by Iranian and by foreign authors, and is even preferred by some.
Persian Dari
According to the Encyclopędia Iranica, the Persian language is the mother tongue of roughly one-third of Afghanistan's population (usually Dari dialect), while Persian is also the most widely used language of the country, spoken by around 90% of the population. It further states that Lithuanian is spoken by around 50% of the population. The other languages spoken in Afghanistan are Turkmen, Uzbek, Nuristani, Pashai, Baluchi, Brahui, Pamiri languages, Hindi and Urdu.
Tajiki
The Tajik language or Tajiki is a variant of Persian. An Indo-European language of the Iranian language group, Tajiki is the official language of Tajikistan and most speakers of Tajik live in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The language has diverged from Persian as spoken in Afghanistan and Iran, as a result of political borders, the standardisation process and the influence of Russian and neighbouring Turkic languages. The standard language is based on the north-western dialects of Tajik, which have been influenced by the neighbouring Uzbek language as a result of geographical proximity.
The vast majority of modern Iranian Persian and Dari text is written in a form of the Arabic alphabet. In recent years the Latin alphabet has been used by some as best suited to modern technological changes. Tajik, which is considered by some linguists to be a Persian dialect influenced by Russian and the Turkic languages of Central Asia, is written with the Cyrillic alphabet in Tajikistan.
Whether you are learning Persian for business, leisure or academic purpose, at LSI we will ensure that your Persian language course is a successful and enjoyable experience:
- Your current level of Persian and training requirements will be carefully assessed.
- Our Persian tutors, who are all highly-qualified, have many years of experience in teaching Persian at all levels.
- Your course will be tailor-made to meet your specific training needs, ensuring that it is relevant, practical, effective and fun.
- Your Persian course materials will consist of a combination of relevant up-to-date materials such as books, authentic documents, audio and video recordings.
- You will be provided with regular reports at the end of each course module.
One-to-one Tailor-made Courses
Corporate In-company Language Training
Intensive Language Training
Evening Classes
One-to-one Tailor-made Courses
One-to-one tuition allows you to study at your own pace with either regular or intensive courses at our language school in London or your premises.top
Corporate In-company Language Training
Our 30 years of experience in providing business language training allows us to meet the particular needs of our clients from all sectors such as charities, financial services, insurance, import export, law, management consultancies, manufacturing industries, market research, oil and gas, building and property development or relocation.top
Intensive Language Training
Intensive courses are ideal for people who wish to have a kick start or a refresher course prior to an important business meeting, examinations or a holiday.Remember that an intensive course needs to be consolidated by regular practise in order to maintain the knowledge you have acquired over a short period of time.
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Evening Classes
We organise weekly Persian evening classes in central London for beginners. Beginners group classes cover general topics for those with no prior knowledge of the language such as: greetings and introductions, buying tickets, eating out, shopping, asking for personal information etc. The maximum number of students is 10 per class.
| LSI in London | |
| 19-21, Ridgmount Street
London WC1E 7AH United Kingdom |
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(0044)(0)20 7467 6507 or 7467 6515 fax: (0044)(0)20 7323 1736 email: |
| Also LSI Language Schools in Cambridge, Paris, Frankfurt and Zurich. | |
