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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Latvia

Second Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Europe

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
Latvian State Language Center

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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Lithuanian Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3233
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

69
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2324
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

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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Greetings

Hello

سلام
Sveiki

Thank You

متشکرم
Paldies

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night

شب بخیر
Ar labunakti

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
Labvakar

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
Labdien

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
Labrīt

Please

لطفا
lūdzu

Sorry

متاسف
Piedodiet!

Bye

خدا حافظ
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Livonian

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
Latvia

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dari Persian
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak

Afganistan
Latvia

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.002,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
High Latvian

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
France, Latvia

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

123
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million1.75 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million1.75 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Lettish

French Name

persan
letton

German Name

Persisch
Lettisch

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity

Persian people
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin

1500 BC
1530

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Baltic

Branch

Iranian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Persian
Latvian

Language Position

239
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
lav

ISO 639 2/B

per
lav

ISO 639 3

pes
lav

ISO 639 6

pers
lav

Glottocode

fars1254
latv1249

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
54-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Synthetic

Persian and Latvian Alphabets

Persian and Latvian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and Latvian. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Persian and Latvian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and Latvian languages. The Persian phonology consist Persian vowels and Persian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Persian greetings vs Latvian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and Latvian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Persian and Latvian 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 Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Persian and Latvian Speaking population

Persian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 %. 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 Latvian on Persian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Latvian Language Codes

Persian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.