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Greek and Persian Speaking countries


Persian and Greek Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Arabic Language   

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Greek and Persian as Minority Language

In Greek and Persian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Greek and Persian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Greek as minority language: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine.
  • Persian as minority language: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

If you want to compare Greek and Persian dialects, then you can go to Greek vs Persian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Greek and Persian Regulators

Greek and Persian speaking countries provide you Greek and Persian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας) regulates Greek language.Persian is regulated by Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan. Also get to learn, Greek and Persian Language History.

Greek and Persian Continents

Thinking about Greek and Persian continents in which Greek and Persian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Greek and Persian. Most of the Greek speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Persian speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Greek and Persian languages:

Greek Interesting Facts:

Persian Interesting Facts:

The Greek language was derived from Latin and is similar to Armenian whereas Greek language is similar to Pashto and Balochi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.

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