Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
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
  
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.
  
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
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Derived From
Arabic Language
  
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
لطفا
  
thov
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
3.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Mong
  
French Name
persan
  
hmong
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
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Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
firs1234
  
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 Hmong 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 Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Hmong language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Hmong Difficulty
The Persian vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Hmong 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 Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.