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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
أحبك
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Sudan
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Levantine
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Cyprus, Levant
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Persisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Persian people
Arabs
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Iranian
North Arabic
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
arab1395
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Persian and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Arabic language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Arabic Difficulty
The Persian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.