Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
لطفا
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
persan
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available