Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
ciao
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
buongiorno
  
Please
لطفا
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
scusate
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
فارسی
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Italiano
  
French Name
persan
  
italien
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Italians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
960 BC
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic