Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Zimbabwe
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Thank You
متشکرم
Waita zvako
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Manheru
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Masikati
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Mangwanani
Please
لطفا
Ndinokumbirawo
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Afganistan
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
فارسی
chiShona
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Persisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Shona people
Origin
1500 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Persian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
fars1254
core1255
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Persian and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Persian and Shona Speaking population
Persian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Persian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Shona Language Codes
Persian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.