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Overview:
There are 12 differences and 5 similarities between Persian (Farsi), Tamil
| Language Family and Writing System |
| Writing System |
| Arabic |
Tamil |
| Script(s) Used |
| (f Rs ) |
(tamil ) |
| Family |
| Indo-european |
Dravidian |
| Subgroup |
| Iranian |
Southern |
| 3 Letter Code |
| Per/fas |
Tam |
|
| Number of Speakers |
|
Number of Native speakers (millions) |
| 39 million |
63.1 million |
|
Native Speakers as % of World |
| 0.8 % |
1.4 % |
|
Total Number of Speakers (millions) |
| 59 million |
68 million |
|
Total Speakers as % of World |
| 0.8 % |
0.9 % |
| Language Systems |
| Noun declensions |
| Two Cases |
Many Cases |
| Sequence |
| Sov |
Sov |
| Tonal |
| No |
No |
| Agglutinative language |
| No |
Yes |
| Geographic Distribution |
| Official language in |
 Afghanistan
 India
Iran Singapore Sri Lanka Tajikistan |
Afghanistan India Iran Singapore Sri Lanka Tajikistan |
| Official Language of United Nations |
| No |
No |
| Countries Spoken In |
| Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Kuwait, Bahrain |
Sri Lanka, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa |
|
No. of Countries Spoken In |
| 11 |
6 |