Countries
South Africa
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Ndicela
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
xhosa
  
persan
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Persian people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
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
  
Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Persian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Persian Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.