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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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