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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Japan  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Palau  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
لطفا  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
متاسف  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
فارسی  
日本語  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Not Available  

French Name
persan  
japonais  

German Name
Persisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Japanese  

Language Position
23  
19
8  
8

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
pes  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Persian and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Japanese language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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Persian and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Japanese language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Japanese Difficulty

The Persian vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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