Countries
Nigeria
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
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
Not Available
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Bye
Not Available
خدا حافظ
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
من شما را دوست دارم
Dialect 1
Enuani
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Ngwa
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Not present
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Alternative Names
Ibo
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Persisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Persian people
Origin
30th Century BC
1500 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Persian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1417
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
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 Not Available 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.