Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Ethiopia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Dehna dur
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
i'ndemin adäru
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Gondar
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Gondar
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Showa
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Ethiopia
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
persan
amharique
German Name
Persisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Amharas
Origin
1500 BC
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Persian
Amharic
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
fars1254
amha1245
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Persian and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Persian and Amharic Speaking population
Persian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Persian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Amharic Language Codes
Persian and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.