Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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
Azerbaijan 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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Turkish
Derived From
Arabic Language
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
necəsən
Good Night
شب بخیر
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Sabahınız xeyir
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Derbent
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Russia
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Azerbaijan
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Baku
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan
Native Name
فارسی
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
German Name
Persisch
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Azerbaijani
Origin
1500 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Iranian
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Azerbaijani
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
fars1254
azer1255
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Persian and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Azerbaijani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Azerbaijani Dialects are spoken in different Azerbaijani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Azerbaijani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent , Gazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Persian and Azerbaijani Speaking population
Persian and Azerbaijani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Azerbaijani languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Azerbaijani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 %. 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 Azerbaijani on Persian vs Azerbaijani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Azerbaijani Language Codes
Persian and Azerbaijani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Azerbaijani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.