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Italian vs Persian


Persian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
3  
12

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
ciao  
سلام  

Thank You
grazie  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
buonasera  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Per Favore  
لطفا  

Sorry
scusate  
متاسف  

Bye
arrivederci  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Ti amo  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
Not Available  

Native Name
Italiano  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
italien  
persan  

German Name
Italienisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Persian people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Persian  

Language Position
27  
23
23  
19

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
per  

ISO 639 3
ita  
pes  

ISO 639 6
itas  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ital1282  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
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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Italian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Persian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Persian Language History.

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Italian 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 Italian and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Persian language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Persian Difficulty

The Italian vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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