Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
South Africa
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
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Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
Thank you
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
How are you?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Good Night
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Good Morning
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
I love you
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Western Persian
American English
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
United States of America
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
United Kingdom
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
English
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
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French Name
persan
anglais
German Name
Persisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Persian people
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Origin
1500 BC
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Persian
Standard English
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
fars1254
stan1293
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic