Countries
Philippines
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- 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
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Not available
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Pakada
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
ilokano
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
ilocano
  
persan
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
18th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian 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
Modern Ilocano
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Ilocano 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 Ilocano and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Persian language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Persian Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano 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 Ilocano and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.