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Portuguese and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
10  
6

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Olá  

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  

Please
لطفا  
Por Favor  

Sorry
متاسف  
pesaroso  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
tchau  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

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  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
23  
19
6  
6

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
por  

ISO 639 3
pes  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
port1283  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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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.

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