Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
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.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
لطفا
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
فارسی
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
persan
  
bengali
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available