Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Tamil
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3260
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
619
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2341
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
سلام
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
متشکرم
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
لطفا
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
متاسف
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
خدا حافظ
బై (Bai)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Waddar
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1238
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
65.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
persan
télougou
German Name
Persisch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Telugu people
Origin
1500 BC
c. 575
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Persian
Telugu
Language Position
2315
1
120
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fa
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fas
tel
ISO 639 2/B
per
tel
ISO 639 3
pes
tel
ISO 639 6
pers
tel
Glottocode
fars1254
telu1262
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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