Home
Languagevs


Persian and Japanese


Japanese and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Fukuoka  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
kansai  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
فارسی  
日本語  

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)  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Japanese  

Language Position
23  
19
8  
8

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
pes  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

Summary >>
<< Code

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.

Compare Most Spoken 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.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages