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.
Persian language. Written By: Persian language, also called FÄrsÄ« , member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family. It is the official language of Iran, and two varieties of Persian known as Dari and Tajik are official languages in Afghanistan and Tajikistan, respectively. Modern Persian is most closely related to Middle and Old Persian, former languages of the region of FÄrs (Persia) in southwestern Iran. It is thus called FÄrsÄ« by native speakers. Written in Arabic characters, Modern Persian also has many Arabic loanwords and an extensive literature.