Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
سلام
  
Thank You
grazie
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Per Favore
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
scusate
  
متاسف
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
italien
  
persan
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Persian people
  
Origin
960 BC
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic