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Persian vs Romanian


Romanian vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
6  
9

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
alo  

Thank You
متشکرم  
multumesc  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
bună Dimineața  

Please
لطفا  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
متاسف  
scuze  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
La revedere  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
Română  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
persan  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Persisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Romanians  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Romanian  

Language Position
23  
21
36  
33

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
rum  

ISO 639 3
pes  
ron  

ISO 639 6
pers  
ron  

Glottocode
fars1254  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Persian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Romanian language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Persian vs Romanian Difficulty

The Persian vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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