Countries
Philippines
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Philippines
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
- 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
Tagalog Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Spanish Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kumusta
چطور هستید?
Good Night
magandang gabi
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
صبح به خیر
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
متاسف
I Love You
Mahal kita
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Bikol
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Philippines
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Philippines
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Waray
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Philippines
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
filipino
فارسی
Alternative Names
Pilipino
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
filipino; pilipino
persan
German Name
Pilipino
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Persian people
Origin
16th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Filipino
Persian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
fa
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fili1244
fars1254
Linguasphere
No Data Available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Filipino 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 Filipino and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Persian language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Persian Difficulty
The Filipino vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.