Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
European Union, Ireland
  
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 in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.