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Persian / Western Farsi (Fārsī/فارسی)

Teach Yourself Modern Persian

by Narguess Farzad

- a good introduction to spoken and written Persian. Includes a course book containing dialogues, grammatical notes, exercises and cultural information, together with CDs with recordings of most of the dialogues and some of the exercises. Suitable for beginners.

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Colloquial Persian: The Complete Course for Beginners

by Abdi Rafiee

- an good introduction to colloquial spoken and written Persian. Includes a course book containing dialogues, grammatical notes, exercises and cultural information, together with two audio cassettes or CDs with recordings of most of the dialogues and some of the exercises.

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Modern Persian: Spoken and Written

by Donald L. Stilo, Kamran Talattof & Jerome W. Clinton

- a good introduction to written and spoken Persian. Comes with a textbook and CD. In addition to lessons and information about grammar and vocabulary, the book also include essay on Iranian culture.

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Dictionary English-Persian and Persian-English

by S. Haim

- a comprehensive, bilingual Persian-English dictionary containing definitions of over 30,000 words and 22,500 idioms.

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A Thematic Dictionary of Modern Persian

by Colin Turner

- includes about 25,000 Persian headwords in over seventy themed sections. Covers a wide range of vocabulary from everyday topics such as food or the weather, to more in-depth topics such as astronomy, psychology or international relations.

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Persian Grammar: For Reference and Revision

by John Mace

- a clear, user-friendly guide to the grammar of written and spoken Persian. Covers the Persian script in printed and handwritten forms, educated standard and educated colloquial pronunciation, and the important polite forms. The grammar is explained clearly with numerous examples, all shown both in Persian script and in Latin transliteration. The grammatical themes are grouped logically, and there are cross-references, appendices and a subject index.

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An Introduction to Persian

by Wheeler M. Thackston

- a comprehensive grammar of modern, classical & colloquial Persian. Includes glossary. A set of tapes to help you with pronunciation is also available. Suitable for those familiar with the Persian script, grammatical terms and phonology.

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Lonely Planet Farsi (Persian) Phrasebook

by Yavar Dehghani

- a handy phrasebook that includes an extensive food section, notes on grammar, tips on culture and social etiquette and a two-way dictionary.

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Dari / Eastern Persian (دَرِي)

Beginner's Dari: Persian

by Shaista Wahab

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Dari-English / English-Dari Dictionary and Phrasebook

by Nicholas Awde, Saeid Davatolhagh and Sami Aziz

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Tajik (Тоҷики / تاجيكي)

A Beginners' Guide to Tajiki

by Azim Baizoyev and John Hayward

- a textbook which teaches you the basics of Tajiki. Also includes appendices with notes on writing letters, invitations, speeches, etc.

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Understanding Tajiki News: An Advanced Tajiki Self-Study Guide

by Dr John Hayward

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Tajik-English/English-Tajik Dictionary & Phrasebook

by Joseph Conroy

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