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Persian vs 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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Hebrew and Persian Language History

Comparison of Hebrew vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Hebrew and Persian language. History of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Hebrew and Persian Language History.

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

Hebrew vs Persian Difficulty

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

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