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Xhosa vs Persian


Persian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
43   
32
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
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!   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

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   

History

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   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Xhosa and Persian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Persian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Persian Language History.

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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.

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