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Persian vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, South America  

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  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
27  
17

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
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Halo  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Dankon  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Bonan matenon  

Please
لطفا  
Mi petas  

Sorry
متاسف  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
persan  
espéranto  

German Name
Persisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1887  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Esperanto  

Language Position
23  
21
33  
31

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
epo  

ISO 639 3
pes  
epo  

ISO 639 6
pers  
epo  

Glottocode
fars1254  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Persian and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Esperanto language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Persian vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Persian vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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