Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
France
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Bonjour
  
Please
لطفا
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
désolé
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
فارسی
  
français
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Français
  
French Name
persan
  
français
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
9th Century
  
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 French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic