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Persian vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
3  
12

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

Second Language
United States of America  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
سلام  

Thank You
obrigado  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
boa noite  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Por Favor  
لطفا  

Sorry
pesaroso  
متاسف  

Bye
tchau  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Português  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
portugais  
persan  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Persian people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Persian  

Language Position
6  
6
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
per  

ISO 639 3
por  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Portuguese and Persian Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Persian language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Portuguese and Persian Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Persian Difficulty

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

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