Persian Wikipedia
Encyclopedia
The Persian Wikipedia is the Persian language
version of Wikipedia
. The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003. It passed 1,000 articles on December 16, 2004, 10,000 articles on February 18, 2006 and 100,000 articles on August 25, 2010.
The Persian Wikipedia was started by the efforts of Roozbeh Pournader and other contributors. On Sunday, May 22, 2011, Persian Wikipedia reached its 150,000th article.
of the Persian language. In contrast to Persian Wikipedia, which uses the Persian alphabet (a modified version of the Arabic alphabet
), the Tajik version uses a modified version of the Cyrillic alphabet
(link) and the Latin alphabet
(link).
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
version of Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
. The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003. It passed 1,000 articles on December 16, 2004, 10,000 articles on February 18, 2006 and 100,000 articles on August 25, 2010.
The Persian Wikipedia was started by the efforts of Roozbeh Pournader and other contributors. On Sunday, May 22, 2011, Persian Wikipedia reached its 150,000th article.
Tajik Wikipedia
Closely related to the Persian Wikipedia is the Tajik Wikipedia which contains articles in the Tajik dialectTajik language
Tajik, Tajik Persian, or Tajiki, is a variety of modern Persian spoken in Central Asia. Historically Tajiks called their language zabani farsī , meaning Persian language in English; the term zabani tajikī, or Tajik language, was introduced in the 20th century by the Soviets...
of the Persian language. In contrast to Persian Wikipedia, which uses the Persian alphabet (a modified version of the Arabic alphabet
Arabic alphabet
The Arabic alphabet or Arabic abjad is the Arabic script as it is codified for writing the Arabic language. It is written from right to left, in a cursive style, and includes 28 letters. Because letters usually stand for consonants, it is classified as an abjad.-Consonants:The Arabic alphabet has...
), the Tajik version uses a modified version of the Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet
The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
(link) and the Latin alphabet
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most recognized alphabet used in the world today. It evolved from a western variety of the Greek alphabet called the Cumaean alphabet, which was adopted and modified by the Etruscans who ruled early Rome...
(link).