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Persian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
11   
5

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

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   
Merhaba   

Thank You
متشکرم   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
günaydın   

Please
لطفا   
lütfen   

Sorry
متاسف   
üzgünüm   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
فارسی   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
persan   
turc   

German Name
Persisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Turkic   

Branch
Iranian   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
23   
19
19   
17

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
tur   

ISO 639 3
pes   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Persian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Turkish language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Persian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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