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Persian and Turkish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
3   
12

National Language
Turkey   
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
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
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
Merhaba   
سلام   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
günaydın   
صبح به خیر   

Please
lütfen   
لطفا   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
متاسف   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Western Persian   

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

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

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Dari Persian   

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

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

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Tajik Persian   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
فارسی   

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

French Name
turc   
persan   

German Name
Türkisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Persian people   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Persian   

Language Position
19   
17
23   
19

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
per   

ISO 639 3
tur   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
58-AAC-c   

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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All Turkish and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Turkish and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Turkish and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Turkish are spoken in different Turkish Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Turkish vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish, Crimean Turkish. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Turkish and Persian Speaking population

Turkish and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Turkish and Persian on Turkish vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Persian Language Codes

Turkish and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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