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Igbo and Persian


Persian and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Nigeria  
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
Africa  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
سلام  

Thank You
dalụ  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Biko  
لطفا  

Sorry
Ndo  
متاسف  

Bye
Not Available  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Iran, Iraq  

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

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
22
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Not present  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
igbo  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
igbo  
persan  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Persian  

Language Position
57  
99+
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
per  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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

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Igbo and Persian Speaking population

Igbo and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available 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 Igbo and Persian on Igbo vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Persian Language Codes

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

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