Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Indonesia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Malay language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Malay and Dutch Languages
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Balinese
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1246
0
188
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