who speaks farsi?
Canada Afghanistan Iran Oman Uzbekistan Bahrain Iraq Tajikistan
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 The Persian alphabet was introduced into education and public life , although the banning of the Islamic Renaissance Party in 1993 slowed down the adoption . In 1999 , the word Fârsi was removed from the state @-@ language law . [ 6 ] As of 2004 the de facto standard in use is a Cyrillic alphabet , [ 7 ] and as of 1996 only a very small part of the population can read the Persian alphabet . [ 8 ] 

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 By mid @-@ 2008 , official translations of the book were published in 67 languages . Bloomsbury have published translations in Latin and in Ancient Greek , and the latter was described as " one of the most important pieces of Ancient Greek prose written in many centuries " . 

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 With the working title no longer relevant , Khan , Gupte , and Bhatia discussed several alternatives , eventually deciding on Taare Zameen Par . Possible translations of this title include Stars on the Ground and Stars on Earth . According to Khan : 

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 To date , there has been little literary production in the language . The most notable works are a poem by Jon Mirande entitled " Kama @-@ goli " in his 1997 anthology Orhoituz and the 1999 novel Agirre zaharraren kartzelaldi berriak by Koldo Izagirre Urreaga with the main character using the language . 

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 Although the question of official languages was settled by 1956 , the military regime of Ayub Khan promoted the interests of West Pakistan at the expense of East Pakistan . Despite forming the majority of the national population , the East Pakistani population continued to be under @-@ represented in the civil and military services , and received a minority of state funding and other government help . This was mainly due to lack of representative government in the fledgling state . Mainly due to regional economic imbalances sectional divisions grew , and support for the Bengali ethnic nationalist Awami League , which invoked the 6 @-@ point movement for greater provincial autonomy . One demand was that East Pakistan be called Bangladesh ( Land / Country of Bengal ) , which subsequently led to the Bangladesh Liberation War . 
