Who transcribes Persian content?
Persian transcription is used by broadcast and diaspora media outlets covering Iran and Afghanistan, academics in Iranian and Middle Eastern studies, and podcasters producing Persian-language shows. It is also common in immigration and asylum casework, NGO field research, and oral history projects documenting Persian-speaking communities.
Persian dialects and accents
Persian has three major national varieties: Iranian Persian (Farsi), Dari in Afghanistan, and Tajik in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which differ in vowel pronunciation, vocabulary, and loanwords. Colloquial spoken Persian, especially the Tehrani register, also diverges noticeably from formal written Persian in verb endings and contractions, which matters when converting speech to standard written text.
Where Persian is spoken
Persian is spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
