Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
لطفا
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
persan
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic