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Cantonese and Persian


Persian and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
سلام   

Thank You
谢谢   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
晚安   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
晚上好   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
早上好   
صبح به خیر   

Please
请   
لطفا   

Sorry
遗憾   
متاسف   

Bye
再见   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
我爱你   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
65.00 million   
17

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
Not Available   
persan   

German Name
Not Available   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Persian people   

History

Origin
17th century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Persian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
per   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Cantonese and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Persian Speaking population

Cantonese and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Persian on Cantonese vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Persian Language Codes

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