Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
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
  
Azerbaijan 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.
  
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Turkish
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Osmanly language
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
سلام
  
Salam
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
necəsən
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
yaxşı gecə
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Axşamınız xeyir
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Günortanız Xeyir
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Sabahınız xeyir
  
Please
لطفا
  
lütfən
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
üzr
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
xudafiz
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Mən səni sevirəm
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Bağışlayın
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Derbent
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Russia
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Gazakh
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Baku
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
26.00 million
  
39
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
23.00 million
  
34
Native Name
فارسی
  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
French Name
persan
  
azéri
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Azerbaijani
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Azerbaijani
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
az
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
aze
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
aze
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
aze
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
azer1255
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Persian and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Azerbaijani language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Azerbaijani Difficulty
The Persian vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.