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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
1.4 Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
1.9 Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
32
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
سلام
3.2 Thank You
متشکرم
3.3 How Are You?
چطور هستید?
3.4 Good Night
شب بخیر
3.5 Good Evening
عصر بخیر
3.6 Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
3.7 Good Morning
صبح به خیر
3.8 Please
لطفا
3.9 Sorry
متاسف
3.10 Bye
خدا حافظ
3.11 I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
3.12 Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Western Persian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
47,000,000.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Dari Persian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
12,500,000.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
7,900,000.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
65.00 million
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.99 %
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
65.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
فارسی
5.3.3 Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
5.3.4 French Name
persan
5.3.5 German Name
Persisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Persian people
6 History
6.1 Origin
1500 BC
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Iranian
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Persian
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
23
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
fa
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
fas
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
per
7.3 ISO 639 3
pes
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
fars1254
7.6 Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic

Origin of Persian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Persian language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Persian language states that it was put to use in 1500 BC. The history of Persian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Persian Language History.The evolution of Persian language began with early forms such as Old Persian and Middle Persian. Persian is the standard form of Persian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Persian Language.

Persian population

Persian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Persian language. Persian language is spoken by 65.00 million people in the world. Most of the Persian population lies in the Persian Speaking Countries. Persian language is spoken as first language by 65.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Persian as second language. Get to know Persian speaking population in detail.

Persian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Persian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Persian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic script is used by Persian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Persian language

Check out all the information about Persian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Persian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Persian Speaking Countries, Persian speaking continents and Persian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Persian countries knowing common Persian Greetings will help you in communicating with Persian people.

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