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Persian vs Swahili


Swahili vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Habari  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Asante  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
لطفا  
tafadhali  

Sorry
متاسف  
pole  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
bye  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
فارسی  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
persan  
swahili  

German Name
Persisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Iranian  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Swahili  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
swa  

ISO 639 3
pes  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Persian and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Swahili language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Persian vs Swahili Difficulty

The Persian vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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