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Ukrainian vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
22  
12

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
لطفا  
будь ласк  

Sorry
متاسف  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Rivne, Volyn  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
39.00 million  
25

Native Name
فارسی  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Not Available  

French Name
persan  
ukrainien  

German Name
Persisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Iranian  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
23  
19
26  
22

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
pes  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Persian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Ukrainian language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Persian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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