Countries
South Africa
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
فارسی
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
xhosa
persan
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Persian people