Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
hola
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
لطفا
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
triste
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
adiós
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
فارسی
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
persan
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic