Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
South Africa
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Arabic Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
persan
xhosa
German Name
Persisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Persian people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca