Countries
Philippines
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
فارسی
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
cebuano
persan
German Name
Cebuano
Persisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Persian people