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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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