Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Meghalaya
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million0.84 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million0.84 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
persan
khasi
German Name
Persisch
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Khasi people