Countries
Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
3
12
2
13
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Central Hindi Directorate
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Urdu
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
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Hindi.jpg#200
Alphabets
32
14
44
24
Phonology
How Many Vowels
6
3
11
8
How Many Consonants
23
13
33
23
Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
5
4
3
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
سلام
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
متشکرم
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
لطفا
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
متاسف
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
خدا حافظ
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
7
240,000,000.00
2
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Marwari
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
7
22,000,000.00
3
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
6
20,000,000.00
4
Total No. Of Dialects
12
12
21
19
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
26
380.00 million
5
Speaking Population
0.99 %
20
4.70 %
5
Native Speakers
65.00 million
17
260.00 million
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
120.00 million
6
Native Name
فارسی
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
persan
hindi
German Name
Persisch
Hindi
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Hindustani people
History
Origin
1500 BC
7th Century
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
Standard Hindi
Language Position
23
19
5
5
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
fa
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fas
hin
ISO 639 2/B
per
hin
ISO 639 3
pes
hin
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
fars1254
hind1269
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
