Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
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.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
لطفا
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
فارسی
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
persan
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
fili1244
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Persian and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Filipino language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Filipino Difficulty
The Persian vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.