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Urdu and Persian Speaking countries


Persian and Urdu Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Pakistan  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Arabic Language  

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Urdu and Persian as Minority Language

In Urdu and Persian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Urdu and Persian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Urdu as minority language: India.
  • Persian as minority language: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

If you want to compare Urdu and Persian dialects, then you can go to Urdu vs Persian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Urdu and Persian Regulators

Urdu and Persian speaking countries provide you Urdu and Persian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan regulates Urdu language.Persian is regulated by Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan. Also get to learn, Urdu and Persian Language History.

Urdu and Persian Continents

Thinking about Urdu and Persian continents in which Urdu and Persian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Urdu and Persian. Most of the Urdu speaking countries lie in Asia, Oceania. While Persian speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Urdu and Persian languages:

Urdu Interesting Facts:

Persian Interesting Facts:

The Urdu language was derived from Ghaznavid Persian Language and is similar to Arabic and Hindi Languages whereas Urdu language is similar to Pashto and Balochi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.

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