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Arabic and Persian


Persian and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
3   
12

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
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
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
28   
18
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
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
سلام   

Thank You
شكرا   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
صبح به خیر   

Please
من فضلك   
لطفا   

Sorry
آسف   
متاسف   

Bye
وداعا   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
أحبك   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
arabe   
persan   

German Name
Arabisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Persian people   

History

Origin
512 CE   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
North Arabic   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Persian   

Language Position
25   
21
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
per   

ISO 639 3
ara   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
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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All Arabic 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 Arabic and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Persian Speaking population

Arabic and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Persian on Arabic vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Persian Language Codes

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

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