Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Armenian
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.18 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million13.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
persan
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Persisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Greeks or Hellenes