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Chinese and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

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

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
24   
19

How Many Consonants
23   
13
23   
13

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
متشکرم   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
لطفا   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
متاسف   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
فارسی   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Not Available   

French Name
persan   
chinois   

German Name
Persisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Han   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1250 BC   

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 Chinese   

Language Position
23   
19
1   
1

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
chi   

ISO 639 3
pes   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Persian and Chinese Speaking population

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

Persian and Chinese Language Codes

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

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