Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
God morgen
  
Please
لطفا
  
Please
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Denmark
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
persan
  
danois
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
c. 1100 AD
  
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
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional