The English-language Wikipedia article on the Western Iranian languages, the branch of Iranian languages attested from Old Persian and Median onward and including Persian, its most widely spoken member. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made.
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PublisherWikimedia Foundation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Iranian_languages
Source TypeEncyclopedia
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Wikipedia: Western Iranian languages
Wikimedia FoundationSelf-citation, English Wikipedia article Western Iranian languages
The Western Iranian languages or Western Iranic languages are a branch of the Iranian languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC) and Median.
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The Western Iranian languages or Western Iranic languages are a branch of the Iranian languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC) and Median.
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