Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
France
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
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
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
شب بخیر
Good Evening
bonsoir
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Bonjour
صبح به خیر
Please
S'il vous plaît
لطفا
I Love You
Je t'aime
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Western Persian
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
African French
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Africa
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
فارسی
Alternative Names
Français
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
français
persan
German Name
Französisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Persian people
Origin
9th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Standard French
Persian
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
fars1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
French and Persian Speaking population
French and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak French and Persian on French vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
French and Persian Language Codes
French and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.