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Persian and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
South Africa   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
23   
13
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
hallo   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Dankie   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
goeie more   

Please
لطفا   
asseblief   

Sorry
متاسف   
jammer   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Not Available   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Namibia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
فارسی   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
persan   
afrikaans   

German Name
Persisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Iranian   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
afr   

ISO 639 3
pes   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
fars1254   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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All Persian and Afrikaans 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 Persian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Persian and Afrikaans Speaking population

Persian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Persian and Afrikaans on Persian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Afrikaans Language Codes

Persian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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