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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million82.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %1.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million76.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million82.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
persan
javanais
German Name
Persisch
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)