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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

34
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3224
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2321
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

سلام
Habari

Thank You

متشکرم
Asante

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
Habari gani?

Good Night

شب بخیر
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
Habari za asubuhi

Please

لطفا
tafadhali

Sorry

متاسف
pole

Bye

خدا حافظ
bye

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم
nakupenda

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dari Persian
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Afganistan
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1212
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

persan
swahili

German Name

Persisch
Swahili

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Persian people
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

1500 BC
6th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo

Branch

Iranian
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Persian
Swahili

Language Position

2321
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
swa

ISO 639 2/B

per
swa

ISO 639 3

pes
swa

ISO 639 6

pers
swa

Glottocode

fars1254
swah1254

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
-

Persian and Swahili Alphabets

Persian and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and Swahili. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Persian and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Persian and Swahili Speaking population

Persian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Persian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Swahili Language Codes

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