Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Somalia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Subax wanaagsan
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
persan
somali
German Name
Persisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Persian people
Somalis
Origin
1500 BC
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Somali
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
soma1255
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Persian and Somali 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 Somali dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Persian and Somali Speaking population
Persian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Somali on Persian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Somali Language Codes
Persian and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.