Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Spain
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
French Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Buenos Días
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Mexico
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Cuba
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Puerto Rico
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
Español
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
persan
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Persisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Persian
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
stan1288
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic