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Afrikaans vs Persian


Persian vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
South Africa   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
سلام   

Thank You
Dankie   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
goeie more   
صبح به خیر   

Please
asseblief   
لطفا   

Sorry
jammer   
متاسف   

Bye
Not Available   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
afrikaans   
persan   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Persian people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Persian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
per   

ISO 639 3
afr   
pes   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Synthetic   

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Afrikaans and Persian Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Persian language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century 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 Afrikaans and Persian Language History.

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

Afrikaans vs Persian Difficulty

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

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