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Persian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
3  
12

National Language
Spain  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hola  
سلام  

Thank You
Gracias  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Por Favor  
لطفا  

Sorry
triste  
متاسف  

Bye
adiós  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Español  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
persan  

German Name
Spanisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Persian  

Language Position
2  
2
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
per  

ISO 639 3
spa  
pes  

ISO 639 6
spa  
pers  

Glottocode
stan1288  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Spanish and Persian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Persian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Spanish and Persian Language History.

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

Spanish vs Persian Difficulty

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

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