Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
South Africa
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
South Africa
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
متشکرم
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
unjani
Good Night
شب بخیر
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
okuhle ekuseni
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
isiZulu
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
persan
zoulou
German Name
Persisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Persian people
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Persian
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
zulu1248
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Persian and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Zulu language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Zulu Difficulty
The Persian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.