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Persian and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
3  
12

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

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
سلام  

Thank You
Merci  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
صبح به خیر  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
لطفا  

Sorry
désolé  
متاسف  

Bye
au revoir  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
African French  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
français  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Français  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
français  
persan  

German Name
Französisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Persian  

Language Position
13  
12
23  
21

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
per  

ISO 639 3
fra  
pes  

ISO 639 6
fras  
pers  

Glottocode
stan1290  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All French and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all French and Persian dialects. Various dialects of French and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Persian Speaking population

French and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak French and Persian on French vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Persian Language Codes

French and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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