Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
30
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3243
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2334
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
سلام
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
متشکرم
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
لطفا
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
متاسف
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
خدا حافظ
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1213
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million40.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
persan
bhojpuri
German Name
Persisch
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Persian people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
1500 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Bhojpuri
Language Position
2337
1
120
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fa
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fas
bho
ISO 639 2/B
per
bho
ISO 639 3
pes
bho
ISO 639 6
pers
bho
Glottocode
fars1254
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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