Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Şev xweş
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Bayanit bash
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Eastern Iraq
Native Name
فارسی
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
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German Name
Persisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
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Ethnicity
Persian people
Kurds
Origin
1500 BC
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
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Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
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Standard Forms
Persian
Kurdish
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
fars1254
kurd1259
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Persian and Kurdish Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Persian and Kurdish Speaking population
Persian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Kurdish on Persian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Kurdish Language Codes
Persian and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.