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Persian vs Filipino


Filipino vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
23  
13

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
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  

History

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
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Persian and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Filipino language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Filipino Language History.

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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.

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