Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Nigeria
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Nigeria
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
شب بخیر
ka chi fo
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
ụtụtụ ọma
Bye
خدا حافظ
Not Available
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Enuani
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Not present
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Ibo
German Name
Persisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Igbo people
Origin
1500 BC
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Kwa
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
nucl1417
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Persian and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Igbo language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Igbo Difficulty
The Persian vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.