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Igbo and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

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.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
28   
18

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
kedụ   

Thank You
متشکرم   
dalụ   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
لطفا   
Biko   

Sorry
متاسف   
Ndo   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Not Available   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Not Available   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
فارسی   
igbo   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Ibo   

French Name
persan   
igbo   

German Name
Persisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Kwa   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
23   
19
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
pes   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Persian and Igbo Speaking population

Persian and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. 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 Igbo on Persian vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Igbo Language Codes

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

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