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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3236
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

68
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2328
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

سلام
kedụ

Thank You

متشکرم
dalụ

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

شب بخیر
ka chi fo

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

لطفا
Biko

Sorry

متاسف
Ndo

Bye

خدا حافظ
Kachifo

I Love You

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

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Enuani

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dari Persian
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Afganistan
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Not present

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
-

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1220
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
igbo

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Ibo

French Name

persan
igbo

German Name

Persisch
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Persian people
Igbo people

History

Origin

1500 BC
30th Century BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Kwa

Branch

Iranian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Persian
Standard Igbo

Language Position

2357
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

per
ibo

ISO 639 3

pes
ibo

ISO 639 6

pers
ibo

Glottocode

fars1254
nucl1417

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Agglutinative

Persian and Igbo Alphabets

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

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

Persian and Igbo Speaking population

Persian and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Persian and Igbo on Persian vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Igbo Language Codes

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