Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
33
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46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Malaysia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Thailand
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Tamil Language
Origin
1500 BC
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Persian
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
2354
1
120
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual