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
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
لطفا
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
فارسی
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
persan
  
oriya
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Odias
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
3 BC
  
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
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
macr1269
  
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