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Spanish vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
46   
1

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

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

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

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
22   
12

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   
hola   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Gracias   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Buenos Días   

Please
لطفا   
Por Favor   

Sorry
متاسف   
triste   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
adiós   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
فارسی   
Español   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
persan   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Persisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
210 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   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
23   
19
2   
2

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
spa   

ISO 639 3
pes   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Persian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Spanish language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Persian vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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