Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
nakupenda
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Samahani
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Kilwa
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
Origin
1500 BC
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Swahili
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
fars1254
swah1254
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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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.