Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Japan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Hakata
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Kansai
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Persian
Japanese
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
nucl1643
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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.