Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
31
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46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language