Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India, Nepal
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
persan
maithili
German Name
Persisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Maithil