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Urdu vs Persian


Persian vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
سلام  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
صبح به خیر  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
لطفا  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
متاسف  

Bye
الوداع  
خدا حافظ  

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

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
India  
Iran, Iraq  

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

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
India  
Afganistan  

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

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Tajik Persian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
Not Available  

Native Name
اُردُو  
فارسی  

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

French Name
ourdou  
persan  

German Name
Urdu  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Persian people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Persian  

Language Position
20  
18
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
per  

ISO 639 3
urd  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Urdu and Persian Language History

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

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

Urdu vs Persian Difficulty

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

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