Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
سلام
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
scuze
  
متاسف
  
Bye
La revedere
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
Not Available
  
Native Name
Română
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
persan
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Persian people
  
Origin
1521
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic