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Persian vs Italian


Italian vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
7   
8

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
16   
6

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
ciao   

Thank You
متشکرم   
grazie   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
buongiorno   

Please
لطفا   
Per Favore   

Sorry
متاسف   
scusate   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
arrivederci   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
فارسی   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Italiano   

French Name
persan   
italien   

German Name
Persisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Italians   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Romance   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Italian   

Language Position
23   
19
27   
23

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
ita   

ISO 639 3
pes   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
fars1254   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Persian and Italian Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Italian language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Persian vs Italian Difficulty

The Persian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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