Countries
Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3227
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2323
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
سلام
Hola
Thank You
متشکرم
Gràcies
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Com estàs?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Bona nit
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Bona tarda
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Bon dia
Please
لطفا
Sisplau
Sorry
متاسف
Perdó!
Bye
خدا حافظ
Adéu
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
T'estimo
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Caló
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Valencian
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Spain
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Spain
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
128
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.99 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
65.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
català
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
persan
catalan; valencien
German Name
Persisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Persian people
Catalan people
History
Origin
1500 BC
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Persian
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
2332
1
120
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
fa
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fas
cat
ISO 639 2/B
per
cat
ISO 639 3
pes
cat
ISO 639 6
pers
cat
Glottocode
fars1254
stan1289
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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