:''This article deals with the languages found in Iran. The Iranian languages article deals with the linguistic branch of the Indo-European languages family''

==Introduction==
The actual population of Iran, based on a census carried out in 2006, is 70,472,846 people.<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/uir.html Provinces of Iran accessed March 21, 2007]</ref>

Different publications have reported different statistics for the languages of Iran; however, it is important to point out that these studies are not based on any official census and that statistics presented by different sources vary significantly. These publications provide neither the sources used nor any indications of the methodologies used to draw their conclusions.
*[http://www.britannica.com/wdpdf/Iran.pdf Britannica's] estimate of Iran’s ethnic composition (2000) states “Persian 34.9%; Azerbaijani 15.9%; Kurd 13.0%; Luri 7.2%; Gilaki 5.1%; Mazandarani 5.1%; Afghan 2.8%; Arab 2.5%; other 13.5%”.

*A second source, [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_country.asp?name=IR Ethnologue], has a different statistics for the languages spoken in Iran (see Ethnologue below).

There are dozens of languages spoken in Iran. The following are the languages with the greatest number of speakers (Data from the [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html#People CIA World Factbook]):

*Persian, Luri, Gilaki and Mazandarani 58%
*Azeri and other Turkic languages 26%
*Kurdish 9% 
*Balochi 1%
*Arabic 1%
*Other language which comprise the remaining 5%, include Armenian, Assyrian and Brahui, etc.
*Total population 71,800,000(2008 est.)

==An extensive list of languages in Iran==
The following list details the languages spoken in Iran and lists the total number of speakers for each language:  (Data from [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Iran Ethnologue]) although the site is controversial due its wide variation from its 1996 edition<ref>http://www.christusrex.org/www3/ethno/Iran.html</ref> as well as the fact that it does not provide sources for their statistics.<ref>[http://politic.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/politic/more/13089/ A sample letter to ethnologue about how they arrived at their Azeri population and the response of its editor: ''Dear Mazdak, 
Sorry we cannot help you further with this question. This information was posted by a previous editor, and it probably came from his personal communication with someone else, and was therefore not documented. Regards, Conrad Hurd'' accessed March 21, 2007</ref>

'''Bahasa''' kebangsaan Bahasa Turki dan Bahasa Semitik.

==Bahasa Iran==
Bahasa Iran merupakan bahasa ibunda Bangsa Iran iaitu kumpulan suku yang berketurunan orang Arya. Bangsa Iran berbeza dengan penduduk Iran kerana tidak semua penduduk Iran berbangsa Iran dan bangsa Iran juga boleh ditemui di negara-negara lain seperti Afghanistan. Lebih kurang 70 peratus daripada penduduk Iran merupakan penutur ibunda bahasa Iran. Antara bahasa-bahasa ini ialah Bahasa Parsi, Bahasa Kurdi, dipertuturkan tujuh peratus daripada penduduknya, dan Bahasa Balochi, dipertuturkan seramai dua peratus daripada jumlah penduduk Iran.

==Bahasa Turki==
Penutur keluarga Bahasa Turki merupakan kaum penutur kedua terbesar di Iran. Lebih kurang 26 peratus daripada jumlah penduduknya tergolong dalam penutur bahasa ini. Penutur Bahasa Azeri merupakan penutur terbesar bahasa Turki di Iran. Seramai 24 peratus daripada penduduk Iran bertutur dalam bahasa ini dan kebanyakan mereka bertumpu di barat laut Iran. Bahasa-bahasa Turki lain yang dipertuturkan di Iran ialah Bahasa Turkmen dan Bahasa Qashqai.