Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Philippines
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Philippines
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
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Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Maayong Buntag
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Boholano
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Bohol
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Afganistan
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
North Kana
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
Visayan
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
persan
cebuano
German Name
Persisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Persian people
Cebuano people
Origin
1500 BC
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Standard Cebuano
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fa
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
cebu1242
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Persian and Cebuano Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Persian and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Cebuano language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Persian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Cebuano Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Persian and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.