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The Persian Alphabet is the same that is used for Hindūstānī (see p. 1), except that it has none of the four-dotted letters, ٹ‎, ڈ‎, ڑ‎.

The pronunciation is nearly the same in both languages, except that the long alif is pronounced in Persian like aw in "awe", instead of ā in "father", as in Hindūstānī.

The Persians also frequently pronounce گ‎ gāf with a slight y sound, like the Cockney mode of pronouncing the g in garden, "gyarden." When it occurs between two vowels it is often sounded like y, as اگ‎ pronounced like éyer.

In old Persian, and in the language spoken in India at the present day, the long م and ی have two sounds, ū and ī, called مَعْرُوف‎ ma'rūf, "known", and o and é, called مجهول‎ majhūl, "unknown". The modern native of Iran does not employ the latter sounds.

Like other languages, Persian contains three parts of speech, namely, Nouns, Verbs, and Particles.