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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

1.4 Second Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

1.7 Regulated By

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages

1.10 Derived From

Arabic Language

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

32
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Arabic

2.5 Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

سلام

3.2 Thank You

متشکرم

3.3 How Are You?

چطور هستید?

3.4 Good Night

شب بخیر

3.5 Good Evening

عصر بخیر

3.6 Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر

3.7 Good Morning

صبح به خیر

3.8 Please

لطفا

3.9 Sorry

متاسف

3.10 Bye

خدا حافظ

3.11 I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم

3.12 Excuse Me

ببخشيد!

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Western Persian

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

47,000,000.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Dari Persian

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Afganistan

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

12,500,000.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Tajik Persian

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

7,900,000.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

65.00 million
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.99 %
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

65.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

فارسی

5.3.3 Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

5.3.4 French Name

persan

5.3.5 German Name

Persisch

5.4 Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]

5.5 Ethnicity

Persian people

6 History

6.1 Origin

1500 BC

6.2 Language Family

Indo-European Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

6.2.2 Branch

Iranian

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Persian

6.3.3 Language Position

23
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

fa

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

fas

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

per

7.3 ISO 639 3

pes

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

fars1254

7.6 Linguasphere

58-AAC-c

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic

Origin of Persian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Persian language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Persian language states that it was put to use in 1500 BC. The history of Persian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Persian Language History.The evolution of Persian language began with early forms such as Old Persian and Middle Persian. Persian is the standard form of Persian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Persian Language.

Persian population

Persian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Persian language. Persian language is spoken by 65.00 million people in the world. Most of the Persian population lies in the Persian Speaking Countries. Persian language is spoken as first language by 65.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Persian as second language. Get to know Persian speaking population in detail.

Persian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Persian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Persian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic script is used by Persian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Persian language

Check out all the information about Persian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Persian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Persian Speaking Countries, Persian speaking continents and Persian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Persian countries knowing common Persian Greetings will help you in communicating with Persian people.