Countries
Belarus, Poland
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Poland
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- 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
Russian and Ukrainian
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.89 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
biélorusse
persan
German Name
Weißrussisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Persian people