Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
alo
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
لطفا
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
scuze
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
فارسی
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
persan
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Romanians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1521
  
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
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic