Editing Dialect continuum (section)

=== Persian ===

The varieties of the [[Persian language]], including [[Tajik language|Tajiki]] and [[Dari language|Dari]], form a dialect continuum. The divergence of Tajik was accelerated by the shift from the Perso-Arabic alphabet to a Cyrillic one under Soviet rule. Western dialects of Persian show greater influence from Arabic and Oghuz Turkic languages,{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} but Dari and Tajik tend to preserve many classical features in grammar and vocabulary. {{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} Also the [[Tat language (Caucasus)|Tat language]], a dialect of Persian, is spoken in Azerbaijan.