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Persian vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
23  
13

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
سلام  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
لطفا  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
متاسف  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Wu  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Yue  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
chinois  
persan  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Persian people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Persian  

Language Position
1  
1
23  
21

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
per  

ISO 639 3
zho  
pes  

ISO 639 6
zho  
pers  

Glottocode
sini1245  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
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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Chinese and Persian Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Persian language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Persian Language History.

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

Chinese vs Persian Difficulty

The Chinese vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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