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Persian and Hebrew


Hebrew and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Israel   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Israel   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Poland   

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

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.
  
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Arabic and Aramaic languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Aramaic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
0   

How Many Consonants
23   
13
22   
12

Scripts
Arabic   
Hebrew   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
שלום (Shalom)   

Thank You
متشکرم   
תודה (Toda)   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   

Please
لطفا   
בבקשה (bevekshah)   

Sorry
متاسف   
סליחה! (Slicha)   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
להתראות (Lehitraot)   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
בבקשה!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Ashkenazi Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Israel   

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Samaritan Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Israel, Palestine   

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Yemenite Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Israel   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
4.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.60 million   
27

Native Name
فارسی   
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Israeli, Ivrit   

French Name
persan   
hébreu   

German Name
Persisch   
Hebräisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1000 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Iranian   
Canaanitic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Modern Hebrew   

Language Position
23   
19
23   
19

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
he   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
heb   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
heb   

ISO 639 3
pes   
heb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
hebr1246   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
12-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Persian and Hebrew Speaking population

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

Persian and Hebrew Language Codes

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

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