Editing Pluricentric language (section)

=== Persian ===
The [[Persian language]] has three standard varieties with official status in [[Iran]] (locally known as Farsi), [[Afghanistan]] (officially known as [[Dari language|Dari]]), and [[Tajikistan]] (officially known as [[Tajik language|Tajik]]). The standard forms of the three are based on the [[Tehrani accent|Tehrani]], [[Kabul]]i, and [[Dushanbe]] varieties, respectively.

The [[Persian alphabet]] is used for both Farsi (Iranian) and Dari (Afghan). Traditionally, Tajiki is also written with [[Tajik alphabet#Persian alphabet|Perso-Arabic script]]. In order to increase literacy, a [[Tajik alphabet#Latin|Latin alphabet]] (based on the [[Common Turkic Alphabet]]) was introduced in 1917. Later in the late 1930s, the [[Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic]] promoted the use of [[Tajik alphabet#Cyrillic|Cyrillic alphabet]], which remains the most widely used system today. Attempts to reintroduce the Perso-Arabic script were made.<ref>[https://www.news.tj/en/news/tajikistan-use-persian-alphabet-iranian-website-says 'Tajikistan to use Persian alphabet,' Iranian website says]. ''Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus''. Published 3 May 2008, retrieved 9 April 2019.</ref>

The language spoken by [[Bukharan Jews]] is called [[Bukhori dialect|Bukhori]] (or Bukharian), and is written in [[Hebrew alphabet]].