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Farsi Persian, the official language of Iran, is spoken across the Middle East and Central Asia by a worldwide community of over 60 million people. Farsi’s linguistic and literary legacy is over 2,500 years old, and continues to play a central role in Near Eastern politics, business and culture. Persian is the dominant language of Iran’s international business world and a critical language to understanding the intricacies of Middle Eastern literary, historical and cultural trends.Equally suited to both new students and heritage speakers, Beginner’s Persian with Online Audio includes 10 carefully-paced and practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions; a guide to reading and writing Persian; exercises for each lesson with answer key; Persian-English and English-Persian glossaries; an alphabet and pronunciation guide; and online MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers.