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Chinese vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
24  
19

How Many Consonants
23  
13
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
لطفا  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
متاسف  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
فارسی  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
persan  
chinois  

German Name
Persisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Han  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
23  
21
1  
1

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
chi  

ISO 639 3
pes  
zho  

ISO 639 6
pers  
zho  

Glottocode
fars1254  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Persian and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Chinese language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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Persian and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Chinese language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Chinese Difficulty

The Persian vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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