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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
33  
2

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Hello  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Thank you  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
How are you?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Good Night  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Good Morning  

Please
لطفا  
Please  

Sorry
متاسف  
Sorry  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Bye  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
I love you  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
American English  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
فارسی  
English  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Not Available  

French Name
persan  
anglais  

German Name
Persisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Standard English  

Language Position
23  
19
3  
3

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
eng  

ISO 639 3
pes  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
fars1254  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Persian and English Language History

Comparison of Persian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and English language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Persian and English Language History.

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Persian and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Persian and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and English language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs English Difficulty

The Persian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Persian and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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