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German vs Persian


Persian vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

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

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
سلام   

Thank You
Danke   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
صبح به خیر   

Please
bitte   
لطفا   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
متاسف   

Bye
Tschüs   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
allemand   
persan   

German Name
Deutsch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Persian people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Persian   

Language Position
9   
9
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
per   

ISO 639 3
deu   
pes   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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German and Persian Language History

Comparison of German vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of German and Persian language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Persian Language History.

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

German vs Persian Difficulty

The German vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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