Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Ethiopia, Kenya
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Ethiopia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Somalia
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Somali Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
متشکرم
Galatoomi
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Attam bulte/bultan
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Borana
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Ethiopia, Kenya
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Orma
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Kenya
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Wata
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Kenya
Native Name
فارسی
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Afaan Oromoo
German Name
Persisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
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Ethnicity
Persian people
Oromos
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Iranian
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Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Afaan Oromo
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
fars1254
nucl1736
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Persian and Oromo 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 Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Persian and Oromo Speaking population
Persian and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Persian vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Oromo Language Codes
Persian and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.