Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Zimbabwe
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
متشکرم
Waita zvako
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Manheru
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Masikati
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Mangwanani
Please
لطفا
Ndinokumbirawo
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Afganistan
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
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Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Persisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
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Ethnicity
Persian people
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Origin
1500 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
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Standard Forms
Persian
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
fars1254
core1255
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Persian and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Shona language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Shona Difficulty
The Persian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.