Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Philippines
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Philippines
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
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Island of Cebu
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
Visayan
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
persan
cebuano
German Name
Persisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Cebuano people