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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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