Countries
Japan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Japan
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
سلام
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
متشکرم
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
چطور هستید?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
شب بخیر
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
صبح به خیر
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
لطفا
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
متاسف
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
خدا حافظ
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Hakata
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kansai
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
kansai
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
japonais
persan
German Name
Japanisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Persian people
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Japanese
Persian
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
fars1254
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Japanese 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 Japanese and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Persian Speaking population
Japanese and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Persian on Japanese vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Persian Language Codes
Japanese and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.