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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
10  
6

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

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
19  
9

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  
Olá  

Thank You
متشکرم  
obrigado  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
boa noite  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
bom Dia  

Please
لطفا  
Por Favor  

Sorry
متاسف  
pesaroso  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
tchau  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
فارسی  
Português  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Português  

French Name
persan  
portugais  

German Name
Persisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
3rd Century  

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  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
23  
19
6  
6

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
por  

ISO 639 3
pes  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
port1283  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Persian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Portuguese language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Persian vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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