Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.99 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
65.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
فارسی
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
persan
malayalam
German Name
Persisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Malayali