Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
South Africa
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 in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Bye
خدا حافظ
Not Available
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Namibia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
1500 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Persian
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
fars1254
afri1274
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic
Persian and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Persian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Afrikaans language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Persian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Persian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.