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Croatian vs Persian


Persian vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
3   
12

National Language
Austria   
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
سلام   

Thank You
hvala   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
kako si   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
laku noć   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
صبح به خیر   

Please
molim   
لطفا   

Sorry
Oprostite   
متاسف   

Bye
Doviđenja   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Volim te   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Afganistan   

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

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
croate   
persan   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Persian people   

History

Origin
9th century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Persian   

Language Position
23   
19
23   
19

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
per   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Croatian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Persian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Persian Language History.

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

Croatian vs Persian Difficulty

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

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