Countries
United States of America
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
United States of America
  
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
North America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
- 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
Apache Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Not available
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
navaho
  
persan
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Navajo 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 Navajo and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Persian language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Persian Difficulty
The Navajo vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo 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 Navajo and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.