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Persian vs Urdu


Urdu vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
India  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
40  
29

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
متشکرم  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
لطفا  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
متاسف  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
الوداع  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
India  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
India  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
South Asia  

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
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
فارسی  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Bihari  

French Name
persan  
ourdou  

German Name
Persisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Iranian  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
23  
19
20  
18

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
urd  

ISO 639 3
pes  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Persian and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Urdu language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Persian vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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