1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India, Pakistan
1.4 Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Not Available
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
1.9 Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Hindi Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Arabic
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
چطور هستید?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
شب بخیر
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
عصر بخیر
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
صبح به خیر
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
لطفا
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
متاسف
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
خدا حافظ
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Western Persian
Pothohari
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
47,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
12,500,000.0020,000,000.00
700
80000000
1.8 Dialect 3
1.8.1 Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Pakistan, Punjab, India
1.8.2 How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00NA
1400
96000000
1.9 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
65.00 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
2.2 Speaking Population
2.3 Native Speakers
65.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
2.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.3.2 Native Name
2.3.3 Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
2.3.4 French Name
2.3.5 German Name
Persisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
2.4 Pronunciation
2.5 Ethnicity
3 History
3.1 Origin
3.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
3.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
3.2.2 Branch
3.3 Language Forms
3.3.1 Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
3.3.2 Standard Forms
3.3.3 Language Position
3.3.4 Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
3.4 Scope
4 Code
4.1 ISO 639 1
4.2 ISO 639 2
4.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
4.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
4.3 ISO 639 3
4.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
4.5 Glottocode
4.6 Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
4.7 Types of Language
4.7.1 Language Type
4.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
4.7.3 Language Morphological Typology