Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Telugu
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3249
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
614
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2335
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
سلام
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
متشکرم
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
لطفا
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
متاسف
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
خدا حافظ
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Badaga
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Urali
Where They Speak
Afganistan
kerala
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1220
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
persan
kannada
German Name
Persisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Kannadiga
Origin
1500 BC
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Persian
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2331
1
120
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fa
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fas
kan
ISO 639 2/B
per
kan
ISO 639 3
pes
kan
ISO 639 6
pers
kan
Glottocode
fars1254
nucl1305
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-