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Arabic vs Persian


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
23  
4

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
مرحبا  

Thank You
متشکرم  
شكرا  

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  

Please
لطفا  
من فضلك  

Sorry
متاسف  
آسف  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
وداعا  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
فارسی  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
persan  
arabe  

German Name
Persisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Iranian  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
23  
19
25  
21

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
ara  

ISO 639 3
pes  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Persian and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Arabic language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Persian and Arabic Language History.

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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.

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