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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

333
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

Latin
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2632
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2123
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
سلام

Thank You

Thank you
متشکرم

How Are You?

How are you?
چطور هستید?

Good Night

Good Night
شب بخیر

Good Evening

Good Evening
عصر بخیر

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر

Good Morning

Good Morning
صبح به خیر

Please

Please
لطفا

Sorry

Sorry
متاسف

Bye

Bye
خدا حافظ

I Love You

I love you
من شما را دوست دارم

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Western Persian

Where They Speak

United States of America
Iran, Iraq

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Dari Persian

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Afganistan

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0012,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Tajik Persian

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.007,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18812
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million65.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million65.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million110.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
فارسی

Alternative Names

English
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

French Name

anglais
persan

German Name

Englisch
Persisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[fɒːɾˈsiː]

Ethnicity

English people
Persian people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Persian and Middle Persian

Standard Forms

Standard English
Persian

Language Position

323
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Persian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
fa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
fas

ISO 639 2/B

eng
per

ISO 639 3

eng
pes

ISO 639 6

engs
pers

Glottocode

stan1293
fars1254

Linguasphere

52-ABA
58-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Synthetic

English and Persian Alphabets

English and Persian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Persian. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn English and Persian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Persian languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Persian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Persian are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Persian dialects. Various dialects of English and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Persian Speaking population

English and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of English and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Persian on English vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Persian Language Codes

English and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.