Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2341
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
سلام
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
متشکرم
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
لطفا
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
متاسف
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
خدا حافظ
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Doabi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1230
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
persan
pendjabi
German Name
Persisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Persian people
Punjabis
Origin
1500 BC
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Persian
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
fa
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fas
pan
ISO 639 2/B
per
pan
ISO 639 3
pes
pan
ISO 639 6
pers
panj
Glottocode
fars1254
panj1256
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional