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Persian vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Kazakh language agency   

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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
لطفا   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
متاسف   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
bye   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Kazakhstan   

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Kazakhstan   

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Kazakhstan   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
فارسی   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
persan   
kazakh   

German Name
Persisch   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Turkic   

Branch
Iranian   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Kazakh   

Language Position
23   
19
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
pes   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Persian and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Kazakh language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Kazakh Language History.

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Persian and Kazakh 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 Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Kazakh language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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