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Persian and Konkani


Konkani and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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   

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   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Marathi   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
16   
13

How Many Consonants
23   
13
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Namaskar   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Not Available   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
لطفا   
Chike   

Sorry
متاسف   
Maf kor   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Adeus   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
فارسی   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
persan   
konkani   

German Name
Persisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Kokani   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
kok   

ISO 639 3
pes   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
goan1235   

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   

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All Persian and Konkani Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Konkani dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Konkani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Konkani Dialects are spoken in different Konkani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Konkani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Konkani dialects include: Antruz Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Persian and Konkani Speaking population

Persian and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Konkani on Persian vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Konkani Language Codes

Persian and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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