Persian grammar (Persian: دستور زبان فارسی) is the body of rules describing the properties of the Persian language. Persian grammar is similar to that of many other Indo-European languages, especially those in the Indo-Iranian family. Middle Persian had become more analytical, having no grammatical gender and few case markings, and Persian has inherited such characteristics. The major element of the Persian among all Iranian tongues is its agglutinative structure.
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