Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
Nyanja
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
persan
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Persisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Chewa people