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Kazakh vs Persian


Persian vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
سلام  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
لطفا  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
متاسف  

Bye
bye  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Iran, Iraq  

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

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Afganistan  

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

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
kazakh  
persan  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Persian people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Persian  

Language Position
93  
99+
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
per  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Kazakh and Persian Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Persian language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century 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 Kazakh and Persian Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Persian Difficulty

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

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