Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Iran
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Balochi Academy, 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Arabic Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
متشکرم
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
chone tao?
Good Night
شب بخیر
jawáin shap
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Not Available
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
jawáin sawáh
Please
لطفا
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
متاسف
bebaksh / bebagsh
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Pakistan
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Baluchi
French Name
persan
baloutchi
German Name
Persisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Not available
Ethnicity
Persian people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1500 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Balochi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fa
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
balo1260
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
58-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Persian and Balochi Speaking population
Persian and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. 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 Balochi on Persian vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Balochi Language Codes
Persian and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.