Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
India
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
لطفا
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
فارسی
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
persan
  
hindi
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic