Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Hola
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Bon dia
  
Please
لطفا
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Ribagorçan
  
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
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
فارسی
  
català
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
persan
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available