Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Portugal
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
obrigado
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Como você está?
Good Night
شب بخیر
boa noite
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
boa Tarde
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
bom Dia
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Brazil
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Portugal
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Daman and Diu
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
Português
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Português
French Name
persan
portugais
German Name
Persisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1500 BC
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Persian
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
port1283
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Persian and Portuguese Speaking population
Persian and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Persian vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Portuguese Language Codes
Persian and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.