Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Burma
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
سلام
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
لطفا
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
Not available
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
persan
  
rundi
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Kirundi
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Persian and Kirundi 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 Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Kirundi language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Persian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Kirundi 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 Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.