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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
South Africa

Second Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

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
Pan South African Language Board

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.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Xhosa Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3257
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

67
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2350
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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

سلام
Sawubona

Thank You

متشکرم
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
unjani

Good Night

شب بخیر
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
okuhle ekuseni

Please

لطفا
Ngiyacela

Sorry

متاسف
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

خدا حافظ
bye

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

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

Dari Persian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Afganistan
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

124
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
isiZulu

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

persan
zoulou

German Name

Persisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Persian people
Zulu people

History

Origin

1500 BC
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Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo

Branch

Iranian
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Persian
Deep Zulu

Language Position

2387
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
zul

ISO 639 2/B

per
zul

ISO 639 3

pes
zul

ISO 639 6

pers
zul

Glottocode

fars1254
zulu1248

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Persian and Zulu Alphabets

Persian and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and Zulu. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Persian and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Persian and Zulu Speaking population

Persian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Persian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Zulu Language Codes

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