ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Persian alphabet

Okay kiddo, let's talk about Persian alphabet! Just like how we use the English alphabet to write things down, the Persian language has its own special set of letters to help people read and write in that language.

There are 32 letters in the Persian alphabet, and they all have special shapes and sounds. Some of the letters look like our English letters, but others look very different!

One thing that's really cool about the Persian alphabet is that it is written from right to left instead of left to right like English. So when you look at a page of Persian text, you start reading on the right side of the page and move towards the left.

Just like how we learn the ABCs in English, kids in Iran and other places where Persian is spoken also learn the Persian alphabet in school. It can be tricky at first, but with practice, anyone can learn how to read and write in Persian!