Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Iran
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Not Available
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Persian
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Luri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, NA
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
hello
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
how are you
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Good night
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Good evening
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Good morning
  
Please
لطفا
  
Please
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
sorry
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
bye
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
i love you
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
excuse me
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Feyli lurish
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Bakhtiari
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Iran
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
3,000,000.00
  
18
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Laki
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Iran
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
1,000,000.00
  
20
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
0.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
0.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.00 million
  
10
Native Name
فارسی
  
nanme
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Lori, Luri, Luristani
  
French Name
persan
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Lurs
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
gd
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
gd
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
12
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
12
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
12
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Persian and Luri Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Persian and Luri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Luri language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Luri word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Luri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Luri Difficulty
The Persian vs Luri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Luri Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Persian and Luri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Luri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Luri time required is 25 weeks.