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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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