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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

333
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3226
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2321
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

67
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

سلام
Hello

Thank You

متشکرم
Thank you

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
How are you?

Good Night

شب بخیر
Good Night

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
Good Morning

Please

لطفا
Please

Sorry

متاسف
Sorry

Bye

خدا حافظ
Bye

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم
I love you

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
American English

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
United States of America

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dari Persian
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Afganistan
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

12188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
English

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
English

French Name

persan
anglais

German Name

Persisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Persian people
English people

History

Origin

1500 BC
5th Century AD

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
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Persian
Standard English

Language Position

233
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
eng

ISO 639 2/B

per
eng

ISO 639 3

pes
eng

ISO 639 6

pers
engs

Glottocode

fars1254
stan1293

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Persian and English Alphabets

Persian and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and English. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Persian and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and English languages. The Persian phonology consist Persian vowels and Persian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Persian greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Persian and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Persian and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Persian and English Speaking population

Persian and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and English languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Persian vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and English Language Codes

Persian and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.