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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Ireland  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Foras na Gaeilge  

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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
13  
3

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
لطفا  
le do thoil  

Sorry
متاسف  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Slán  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Ulster  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
فارسی  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
persan  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Persisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Irish people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
c. 750  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Celtic  

Branch
Iranian  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Persian  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
gle  

ISO 639 3
pes  
gle  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Persian and Irish Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Irish language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. 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 Irish Language History.

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Persian and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Irish language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Irish Difficulty

The Persian vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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