Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
متشکرم
How Are You?
How are you?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Good Night
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
I Love You
I love you
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
American English
Western Persian
Where They Speak
United States of America
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
فارسی
Alternative Names
Not Available
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
anglais
persan
German Name
Englisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Persian people
Origin
5th Century AD
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Standard English
Persian
Signed Forms
Signed English
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
fars1254
Linguasphere
52-ABA
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Synthetic