Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, Pakistan
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Pakistan
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
India
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
شب بخیر
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
گڈ مارننگ
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
India
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Afganistan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
South Asia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Bihari
French Name
persan
ourdou
German Name
Persisch
Urdu
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Not Available
Origin
1500 BC
12th Century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Modern Standard Urdu
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
urdu1245
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
59-AAF-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Persian and Urdu 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 Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Persian and Urdu Speaking population
Persian and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Persian vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Urdu Language Codes
Persian and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.