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Persian vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
سلام   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
صبح به خیر   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
لطفا   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
متاسف   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Afganistan   

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

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Russki   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
russe   
persan   

German Name
Russisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Persian people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Eastern   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Persian   

Language Position
7   
7
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
per   

ISO 639 3
rus   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Russian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Persian language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Russian and Persian Language History.

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

Russian vs Persian Difficulty

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

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