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Arabic and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
23   
4

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
28   
18

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
مرحبا   

Thank You
متشکرم   
شكرا   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
صباح الخير   

Please
لطفا   
من فضلك   

Sorry
متاسف   
آسف   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
وداعا   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
فارسی   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
persan   
arabe   

German Name
Persisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Arabs   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Iranian   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
23   
19
25   
21

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
ara   

ISO 639 3
pes   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Persian and Arabic Speaking population

Persian and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Persian vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Arabic Language Codes

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

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