Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
لطفا
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
فارسی
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
persan
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available