Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
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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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
Tulu
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
persan
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German Name
Persisch
Tulu
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Tuluva