Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- 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
Farsi Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Western Persian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0012,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.007,900,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
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