Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
لطفا
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
فارسی
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
persan
  
kannada
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available