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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
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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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  
19
44 weeks  
17

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
310,000,000.00  
2
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Tajik Persian  

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

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
7,900,000.00  
32

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 %  
21

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
110.00 million  
7

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  
23
23  
21

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
ara  
pers  

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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