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Urdu and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
40  
29

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
خوش آمديد  

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  

Please
لطفا  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
متاسف  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
الوداع  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
India  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
India  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
فارسی  
اُردُو  

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  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Iranian  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
23  
19
20  
18

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
urd  

ISO 639 3
pes  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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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.

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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.

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