Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Nigeria
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
yaya dai
Good Night
شب بخیر
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
barka da rana
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
mai kyau safe
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Niger
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Niger
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
persan
haoussa
German Name
Persisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Persian people
Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Chadic
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Hausa
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
haus1257
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Persian and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Hausa language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Hausa Difficulty
The Persian vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.