Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
لطفا
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
persan
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
12th 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
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available