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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
34
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.4 National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India
1.5 Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.6 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.7 Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Israel, Mauritius
1.8 Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
1.9 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.
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
1.10 Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Konkani Language
1.11 Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
3252
Irish
18 247
2.4 Phonology
2.4.1 How Many Vowels
616
Hebrew
0 32
2.4.2 How Many Consonants
2336
German
9 60
2.5 Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
2.6 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.7 Hard to Learn
2.7.1 Language Levels
63
Bengali
2 12
2.7.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
سلام
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
3.2 Thank You
متشکرم
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
چطور هستید?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
شب بخیر
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
عصر بخیر
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
صبح به خیر
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
لطفا
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
متاسف
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
خدا حافظ
बाय (Bāya)
3.11 I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Western Persian
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Kokan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
47,000,000.002,400,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Varhadi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan
Vidarbha
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
12,500,000.007,000,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Khandeshi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Khandesh
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
7,900,000.001,900,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1242
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
65.00 million71.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.99 %1.10 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
65.00 million68.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA3.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
فارسی
मराठी (marāṭhī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
persan
marathe
5.3.5 German Name
Persisch
Marathi
5.4 Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
5.5 Ethnicity
Persian people
Marathi people
6 History
6.1 Origin
1500 BC
10th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Iranian
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Persian
Marathi
6.3.3 Language Position
2317
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
fa
mr
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
fas
mar
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
per
mar
7.3 ISO 639 3
pes
mar
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
fars1254
mara1378
7.6 Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
omr
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available