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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
16  
6

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Hoy  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Salamat  

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  

Please
لطفا  
Palihug  

Sorry
متاسف  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Babay  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
14.50 million  
35

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]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
23  
21
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
pes  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
pers  
ceb  

Glottocode
fars1254  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Persian and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Cebuano language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Persian and Cebuano Language History.

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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.

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