Countries
Indonesia
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Arabic Language
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.0012,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.007,900,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
4612
0
188
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