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French vs Persian


Persian vs 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   
11

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   
15
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
African French   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Tajik Persian   

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
7,900,000.00   
6

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 %   
17
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Persian people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
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   
19

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   
Not Available   

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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French and Persian Language History

Comparison of French vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Persian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French and Persian Language History.

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

French vs Persian Difficulty

The French vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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