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Persian vs Slovak


Slovak vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
23  
13
38  
27

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Ahoj  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Dobré ráno  

Please
لطفا  
Prosím  

Sorry
متاسف  
Pardón!  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
5.20 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
persan  
slovaque  

German Name
Persisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Iranian  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Slovak  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
slo  

ISO 639 3
pes  
slk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Persian and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Slovak language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Persian vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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