×

Igbo
Igbo

Persian
Persian



ADD
Compare
X
Igbo
X
Persian

Igbo and Persian

Add ⊕

Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
👆🏻

National Language

Nigeria
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

Interesting Facts

  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  • 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

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

-
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3632
18 247
👆🏻

Phonology

How Many Vowels

86
0 32
👆🏻

How Many Consonants

2823
9 60
👆🏻

Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
👆🏻

Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
👆🏻

Greetings

Hello

kedụ
سلام

Thank You

dalụ
متشکرم

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
چطور هستید?

Good Night

ka chi fo
شب بخیر

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
عصر بخیر

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
بعد از ظهر بخیر

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
صبح به خیر

Please

Biko
لطفا

Sorry

Ndo
متاسف

Bye

Kachifo
خدا حافظ

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
من شما را دوست دارم

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
ببخشيد!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Western Persian

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Iran, Iraq

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
👆🏻

Dialect 2

Ngwa
Dari Persian

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Afganistan

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0012,500,000.00
700 274000000
👆🏻

Dialect 3

Not present
Tajik Persian

Where They Speak

-
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

24.007,900,000.00
2 230000000
👆🏻

Total No. Of Dialects

2012
0 188
👆🏻

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million65.00 million
0 1200
👆🏻

Speaking Population

0.09 %0.99 %
0 89
👆🏻

Native Speakers

25.00 million65.00 million
0 873
👆🏻

Second Language Speakers

24.00 million110.00 million
0.01 400
👆🏻

Native Name

igbo
فارسی

Alternative Names

Ibo
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

French Name

igbo
persan

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Persisch

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Persian people

History

Origin

30th Century BC
1500 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Persian

Language Position

5723
1 120
👆🏻

Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Persian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
fa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
fas

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
per

ISO 639 3

ibo
pes

ISO 639 6

ibo
pers

Glottocode

nucl1417
fars1254

Linguasphere

No data available
58-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Synthetic

Igbo and Persian Alphabets

Igbo and Persian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Persian. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Igbo and Persian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Persian languages. The Igbo phonology consist Igbo vowels and Igbo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Igbo greetings vs Persian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Persian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Igbo 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 Igbo and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Igbo and Persian Speaking population

Igbo and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % 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 Igbo and Persian on Igbo vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Persian Language Codes

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