Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
South Africa
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
-
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Afganistan
-
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Namibia
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
Origin
1500 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Persian
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
fars1254
afri1274
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic
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.