Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
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 in
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Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
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
  
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.