The plastron is typically yellow, but may be stained a rust/red color. Males can be distinguished from females by their long front claws, long tail, and smaller size. The carapace of an adult usually measures from 4.5 to 6 inches in length. Range: The painted turtle is the most widely distributed North American turtle, and the only one to range across the entire continent.
Persian (/ËpÉrÊÉn/ or /ËpÉrÊÉn/), also known by its endonym Farsi or Parsi (English: /ËfÉrsiË/ ; Persian: ÙØ§Ø±Ø³Û fÄrsi [fÉËÉ¾ËsiË]. ), is the predominant modern descendant of Old Persian, a southwestern Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages.t is an Iranian language and as such, like its modern-day variant, a branch of the Indo-European language family. The oldest known text written in Old Persian is from the Behistun Inscriptions. Examples of Old Persian have been found in what is now present-day Iran, Turkey, Bahrain, Iraq, and Egypt.
Myth 1: Hardly Anyone Speaks Persian. Persian refers, logically, to the language of Persia. But Persia hasnât officially existed since about 80 years ago, when the King of Persia, Reza Shah, demanded that his country be referred to henceforth as Iran.