Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Ireland
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3218
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2313
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
سلام
Dia dhuit
Thank You
متشکرم
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
لطفا
le do thoil
Sorry
متاسف
Tá brón orm
Bye
خدا حافظ
Slán
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Connacht
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Munster
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Ulster
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
124
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.99 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
65.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
فارسی
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
persan
irlandais moyen
German Name
Persisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Irish people
Origin
1500 BC
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Celtic
Branch
Iranian
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Persian
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
2325
1
120
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fa
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fas
gle
ISO 639 2/B
per
gle
ISO 639 3
pes
gle
ISO 639 6
pers
gle
Glottocode
fars1254
iris1253
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional