Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
628
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2327
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
سلام
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
متشکرم
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
لطفا
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
متاسف
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
خدا حافظ
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Laos
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Laos
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Laos
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
persan
lao
German Name
Persisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Persian people
Lao people
Origin
1500 BC
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Iranian
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Lao
Language Position
2343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fa
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fas
lao
ISO 639 2/B
per
lao
ISO 639 3
pes
lao
ISO 639 6
pers
lao
Glottocode
fars1254
laoo1244
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating