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Persian and Zulu


Zulu and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
50  
35

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
47,000,000.00  
15
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
16.00 million  
33

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  
19  

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
23  
21
87  
99+

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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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.

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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.

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