Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, Pakistan
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
Not Available
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
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Scripts
Arabic
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Doabi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Persian
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
panj1256
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Persian and Punjabi Speaking population
Persian and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Persian vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Punjabi Language Codes
Persian and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.