Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Greek
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3238
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2332
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
612
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
سلام
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
متشکرم
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
شب بخیر
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
لطفا
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
متاسف
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
خدا حافظ
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
-
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
122
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
65.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
persan
arménien
German Name
Persisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Armenians
Origin
1500 BC
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Persian
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
2314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fa
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fas
hye
ISO 639 2/B
per
arm
ISO 639 3
pes
hye
ISO 639 6
pers
hye
Glottocode
fars1254
arme1241
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic