Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
لطفا
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
persan
  
mongol
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available