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Persian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
3  
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
سلام  

Thank You
Merci  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
صبح به خیر  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
لطفا  

Sorry
désolé  
متاسف  

Bye
au revoir  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
African French  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Afganistan  

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

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Native Name
français  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Français  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
français  
persan  

German Name
Französisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Persian people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Persian  

Language Position
13  
12
23  
19

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
per  

ISO 639 3
fra  
pes  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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French and Persian Language History

Comparison of French vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Persian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on French and Persian Language History.

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French and Persian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where French and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Persian language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common French Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Persian Difficulty

The French vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Persian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare French and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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