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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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