Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Prosím
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
slovenčina
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
slovaque
  
persan
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Persian people
  
Origin
6th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Persian language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Persian Difficulty
The Slovak vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.