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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
France

Second Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Italian Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3226
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

66
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2320
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

سلام
bonjour

Thank You

متشکرم
Merci

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

شب بخیر
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
Bonjour

Please

لطفا
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

متاسف
désolé

Bye

خدا حافظ
au revoir

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dari Persian
African French

Where They Speak

Afganistan
Africa

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1225
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
français

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Français

French Name

persan
français

German Name

Persisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Persian people
French people

History

Origin

1500 BC
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Romance

Branch

Iranian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Persian
Standard French

Language Position

2313
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
fra

ISO 639 2/B

per
fre

ISO 639 3

pes
fra

ISO 639 6

pers
fras

Glottocode

fars1254
stan1290

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Persian and French Alphabets

Persian and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and French. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Persian and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Persian and French Speaking population

Persian and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and French languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Persian vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and French Language Codes

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