Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
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
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 in
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Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Antruz
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Goa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Not present
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Kokani
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
fa
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
goan1235
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
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.