Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
لطفا
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
persan
  
arménien
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Armenians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic