Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
hallo
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
goeie more
  
Please
لطفا
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
jammer
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
فارسی
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
persan
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic
  
Persian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Persian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Persian and Afrikaans on Persian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Persian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.