Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Lithuania
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Poland
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Latvian
Derived From
Arabic Language
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million3.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million3.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
persan
lituanien
German Name
Persisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Lithuanians