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Persian and Greek Speaking countries


Greek and Persian Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Armenian   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Latin   

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Persian and Greek as Minority Language

In Persian and Greek speaking countries you will get the countries which have Persian and Greek as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Persian as minority language: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
  • Greek as minority language: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine.

If you want to compare Persian and Greek dialects, then you can go to Persian vs Greek Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Persian and Greek Regulators

Persian and Greek speaking countries provide you Persian and Greek regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan regulates Persian language.Greek is regulated by Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας). Also get to learn, Persian and Greek Language History.

Persian and Greek Continents

Thinking about Persian and Greek continents in which Persian and Greek speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Persian and Greek. Most of the Persian speaking countries lie in Asia. While Greek speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Persian and Greek languages:

Persian Interesting Facts:

Greek Interesting Facts:

The Persian language was derived from Arabic Language and is similar to Pashto and Balochi Languages whereas Persian language is similar to Armenian and derived from Latin.

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