Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Israel
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
لطفا
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
فارسی
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
persan
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic