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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
South Africa

Second Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Regulated By

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Dutch Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3232
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

615
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2317
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

سلام
hallo

Thank You

متشکرم
Dankie

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

شب بخیر
goeie nag

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
Goeie middag

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
goeie more

Please

لطفا
asseblief

Sorry

متاسف
jammer

Bye

خدا حافظ
Totsiens

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
-

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dari Persian
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

Afganistan
-

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Namibia

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

123
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Cape Dutch

French Name

persan
afrikaans

German Name

Persisch
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Persian people
Afrikaners

History

Origin

1500 BC
17th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Germanic

Branch

Iranian
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Persian
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

2323
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
afr

ISO 639 2/B

per
afr

ISO 639 3

pes
afr

ISO 639 6

pers
afrs

Glottocode

fars1254
afri1274

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Analytic

Persian and Afrikaans Alphabets

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

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

Persian and Afrikaans Speaking population

Persian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Persian and Afrikaans on Persian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Afrikaans Language Codes

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