Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
South Africa
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
South Africa
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Arabic Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Thank You
متشکرم
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Unjani
Good Night
شب بخیر
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Molo
Sorry
متاسف
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
خدا حافظ
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Ndiyakuthanda
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
South Africa
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Afganistan
South Africa
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
South Africa
Native Name
فارسی
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Persisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Persian people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1500 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
fars1254
xhos1239
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Persian and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Xhosa language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Persian vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.