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Persian and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
3   
12

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

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
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
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
سلام   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
صبح به خیر   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
لطفا   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
متاسف   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Wu   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Yue   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
chinois   
persan   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Persian people   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
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 Chinese   
Persian   

Language Position
1   
1
23   
19

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
per   

ISO 639 3
zho   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Persian Speaking population

Chinese and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Persian on Chinese vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Persian Language Codes

Chinese and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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