Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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 are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Debar
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1228
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million2.50 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
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
persan
macédonien
German Name
Persisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Macedonians