Persian Speaking Countries

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1.1 Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

Rank: 12 (Overall) ▶

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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

Persian Countries

Persian is one of the important languages. Persian countries are the countries where Persian is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. Persian countries are the countries where Persian is main language. In Persian countries, all the official documents are written in Persian language. In Persian speaking countries, various Persian Dialects are spoken. Each Persian dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different Persian speaking countries. Check out detailed information About Persian Language.

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Persian national language and Persian as a Second Language

Persian speaking countries include both countries with Persian national language and Persian as a second language. Check if Persian language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.

Persian is national language of Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.

Persian is second language of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

The Persian countries mentioned under Persian Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Persian language.

Persian as minority language

Countries with Persian as minority language are also included in Persian speaking countries.

Persian is spoken as minority language in Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

Along with Persian speaking countries check out Persian speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.

Continent wise Persian speaking countries mainly lie in Asia.

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Persian Regulator and Facts

Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Persian language are Persian regulators. Persian is regulated by Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan. The regulatory bodies of Persian lie in Persian speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Persian:

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.

The Persian language is derived from Arabic Language and is closely related to Pashto and Balochi Languages.