Amharic and Persian Speaking countries

Amharic

Persian

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Countries

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

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National Language

Ethiopia

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Africa

Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Regulated By

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

Interesting Facts

Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.

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

Tigrinya and Oromo Languages

Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language

Amharic vs Persian Countries

Comparing Amharic vs Persian countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Amharic and Persian languages.

Amharic Speaking Countries: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia..
Persian Speaking Countries: Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan.

So we find that, total number of countries where Amharic is official language is 1 whereas total number of countries where Persian is official language is 3

Find if Amharic and Persian are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Amharic and Persian speaking countries will give you the presence of Amharic and Persian languages in different countries. Along with Amharic vs Persian countries, you can also compare Amharic vs Persian.

Amharic and Persian as Minority Language

In Amharic and Persian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Amharic and Persian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Amharic as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
Persian as minority language: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

If you want to compare Amharic and Persian dialects, then you can go to Amharic vs Persian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Amharic and Persian Regulators

Amharic and Persian speaking countries provide you Amharic and Persian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Amharic language.Persian is regulated by Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan. Also get to learn, Amharic and Persian Language History.

Amharic and Persian Continents

Thinking about Amharic and Persian continents in which Amharic and Persian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Amharic and Persian. Most of the Amharic speaking countries lie in Africa. While Persian speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Amharic and Persian languages:

Amharic Interesting Facts:

Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.

Persian 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.

The Amharic language was derived from and is similar to Tigrinya and Oromo Languages whereas Amharic language is similar to Pashto and Balochi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.