Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Turkey
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Nasılsın?
Good Night
شب بخیر
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Tünaydın
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
günaydın
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Persisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Turkish
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Iranian
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Persian
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
nucl1301
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Persian and Turkish Speaking population
Persian and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Persian vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Turkish Language Codes
Persian and Turkish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Turkish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.