Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Armenian Highland
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Greek
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
شب بخیر
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
لطفا
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
متاسف
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
خدا حافظ
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Not Applicable
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
persan
arménien
German Name
Persisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Armenians
Origin
1500 BC
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Persian
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
arme1241
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Persian and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Armenian language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Armenian Difficulty
The Persian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.