Countries
South Africa
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
South Africa
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
چطور هستید?
Good Night
goeie nag
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Goeienaand
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
goeie more
صبح به خیر
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Western Persian
Where They Speak
-
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Native Name
Afrikaans
فارسی
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
afrikaans
persan
German Name
Afrikaans
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Persian people
Origin
17th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Persian
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
fars1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Persian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Persian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Persian on Afrikaans vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Persian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.