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Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
سلام  

Thank You
Cam on  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
صبح به خیر  

Please
xin vui lòng  
لطفا  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
متاسف  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
vietnamien  
persan  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Persian  

Language Position
14  
13
23  
21

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
per  

ISO 639 3
vie  
pes  

ISO 639 6
vie  
pers  

Glottocode
viet1252  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and Persian Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Persian language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 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 Vietnamese and Persian Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Persian Difficulty

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

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