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Persian vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Xin chào   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Cam on   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
لطفا   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
متاسف   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
فارسی   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
persan   
vietnamien   

German Name
Persisch   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
23   
19
14   
13

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
vie   

ISO 639 3
pes   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Persian and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Vietnamese language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Vietnamese Language History.

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

Persian vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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