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Vietnamese vs Persian


Persian vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
سلام   

Thank You
Cam on   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
صبح به خیر   

Please
xin vui lòng   
لطفا   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
متاسف   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Western Persian   

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

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

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Dari Persian   

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

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Tajik Persian   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
فارسی   

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

French Name
vietnamien   
persan   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Persisch   

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Persian people   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Persian   

Language Position
14   
13
23   
19

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
per   

ISO 639 3
vie   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Vietnamese and Persian Language History

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

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

Vietnamese vs Persian Difficulty

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

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