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
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
日本語
  
فارسی
  
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
  
Origin
1185
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
ja
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
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.