Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Turkey, Uzbekistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
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.
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.39 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million26.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million32.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
persan
ouszbek
German Name
Persisch
Usbekisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[oʻzbek]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Uzbek