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Persian and Cantonese


Cantonese and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
China, Guangdong   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
您好   

Thank You
متشکرم   
谢谢   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
晚安   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
下午好   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
早上好   

Please
لطفا   
请   

Sorry
متاسف   
遗憾   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
再见   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
outside mainland China   

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Hong Kong   

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Hong Kong   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
فارسی   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
persan   
Not Available   

German Name
Persisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
pes   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Persian and Cantonese Speaking population

Persian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Persian and Cantonese on Persian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Cantonese Language Codes

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