Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
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 in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
11.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.