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Hodder & Stoughton. 1973. 272 pages. ISBN-10: 0340058072; ISBN-13: 978-0340058077 Persian is an Indo-European language, that is, it is related to the tongues spoken in Western Europe. As a result of the spread of Islam after the death of the Prophet, many Arabic words were introduced into Persian, which came to be written with the Arabic alphabet; yet in its grammatical structure and its basic vocabulary Persian remains Indo- European, hence quite unlike Arabic. Persian is therefore an easy language to learn to speak ; at first the writing and reading of it seem difficult, but with the right approach you can learn even this quickly. This book attempts to teach the basis of the reading and writing, with the minimum of grammar, in the first dozen lessons ; thereafter the grammar and idiom of the language can be explored more fully. A transliteration in Roman characters is given for the first few appearances of every word, phrase or sentence, but you should try as soon as you can to pick out the words direct from the Persian script, reading them several times over to accustom your eye to the forms. Plenty of practice is given in this, in the early lessons of the book. The book is in

Who reads Teach Yourself Modern Persian?

Author

Mace John.

Publisher

Hodder and Stoughton; McKay

Published

1971

Language

EN

ISBN

9780340058077

Category

reference

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

5 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14