Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Japan
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Japan
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Palau
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
سلام
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
متشکرم
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
لطفا
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
متاسف
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
خدا حافظ
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Hakata
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Kansai
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Not Available
French Name
persan
japonais
German Name
Persisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Persian
Japanese
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
nucl1643
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Persian and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Persian and Japanese Speaking population
Persian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Persian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Japanese Language Codes
Persian and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.