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Persian and Hebrew


Countries

Countries
Israel   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

Second Language
Israel   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe   
Asia   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Aramaic Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22   
4
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0   
6   
3

How Many Consonants
22   
12
23   
13

Scripts
Hebrew   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
שלום (Shalom)   
سلام   

Thank You
תודה (Toda)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   
صبح به خیر   

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)   
لطفا   

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)   
متاسف   

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
בבקשה!   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Israel   
Iran, Iraq   

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

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine   
Afganistan   

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

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Israel   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
4.40 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million   
27
Not Available   

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
hébreu   
persan   

German Name
Hebräisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Persian people   

History

Origin
1000 BC   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Canaanitic   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew   
Persian   

Language Position
23   
19
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
he   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
heb   
per   

ISO 639 3
heb   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hebr1246   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Hebrew and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hebrew and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Hebrew and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hebrew are spoken in different Hebrew Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hebrew vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew, Samaritan Hebrew. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hebrew and Persian Speaking population

Hebrew and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hebrew and Persian on Hebrew vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and Persian Language Codes

Hebrew and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hebrew and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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