Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Brazil
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Portugal
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Daman and Diu
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
1500 BC
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Persian
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
port1283
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
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.