Persian is WRITTEN in a MODIFIED Arabic script (Perso-Arabic, COVERED in GREATER depth in the PGT Persian subject's Grammar chapter) — but DESPITE this SHARED script with ARABIC, Persian belongs to a COMPLETELY different LANGUAGE family: Indo-EUROPEAN → Indo-Iranian → IRANIAN, making it a DISTANT relative of HINDI and Sanskrit.

• ›Recognizing this SCRIPT-versus-FAMILY distinction (SHARING a script with Arabic does NOT mean sharing a LANGUAGE family) is a frequently TESTED foundational point, ALREADY established in GREATER depth at PGT level