"pal" . . "Middle Persian"@en . . "Middle Persian or Sassanian is the Middle Iranian language/ethnolect of southwestern Iran that during Sassanid times (224\u2013654 CE) became a prestige dialect and so came to be spoken in other regions of the empire as well. Middle Persian is classified as a Western Iranian language. It descends from Old Persian and is the linguistic ancestor of Modern Persian.The native name for Middle Persian (and perhaps for Old Persian also) was P\u0101rs\u012Bg, \"(language) of P\u0101rs\"."@en . . . "P\u0101rs\u012Bg"@en .