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Persian vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
99  
40
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
23  
13

Scripts
Kana  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.99 %  
20

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  

History

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  

Language Position
8  
8
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Japanese and Persian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Persian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Persian Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Persian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Persian Difficulty

The Japanese vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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