Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
India
  
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
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
لطفا
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
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
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
فارسی
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
persan
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
19th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available