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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

323
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

Latin
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2632
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

66
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2023
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
سلام

Thank You

Merci
متشکرم

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
چطور هستید?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
شب بخیر

Good Evening

bonsoir
عصر بخیر

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
بعد از ظهر بخیر

Good Morning

Bonjour
صبح به خیر

Please

S'il vous plaît
لطفا

Sorry

désolé
متاسف

Bye

au revoir
خدا حافظ

I Love You

Je t'aime
من شما را دوست دارم

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
ببخشيد!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Western Persian

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Iran, Iraq

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Dari Persian

Where They Speak

Africa
Afganistan

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0012,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Tajik Persian

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.007,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2512
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million65.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million65.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million110.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
فارسی

Alternative Names

Français
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

French Name

français
persan

German Name

Französisch
Persisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]

Ethnicity

French people
Persian people

History

Origin

9th Century
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Old Persian and Middle Persian

Standard Forms

Standard French
Persian

Language Position

1323
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Persian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
fa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
fas

ISO 639 2/B

fre
per

ISO 639 3

fra
pes

ISO 639 6

fras
pers

Glottocode

stan1290
fars1254

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
58-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

French and Persian Alphabets

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

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

French and Persian Speaking population

French and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Persian on French vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Persian Language Codes

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