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Persian and Basque


Basque and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
France, Spain  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Kaixo  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Gabon  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Egun on  

Please
لطفا  
Mesedez  

Sorry
متاسف  
Barkatu  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Agur  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
France  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
7.20 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
Not available  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
persan  
basque  

German Name
Persisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Basque people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Basque  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
baq  

ISO 639 3
pes  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Persian and Basque Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Basque dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Persian and Basque Speaking population

Persian and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque 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 Basque on Persian vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Basque Language Codes

Persian and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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