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Persian and Swahili


Swahili and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

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
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Habari  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Asante  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
لطفا  
tafadhali  

Sorry
متاسف  
pole  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
bye  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Zanzibar island  

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Kilwa  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
فارسی  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
persan  
swahili  

German Name
Persisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Iranian  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Swahili  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
swa  

ISO 639 3
pes  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Persian and Swahili Speaking population

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

Persian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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