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Persian vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
3  
12

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

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
سلام  

Thank You
Danke  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
صبح به خیر  

Please
bitte  
لطفا  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
متاسف  

Bye
Tschüs  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Deutsch  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
allemand  
persan  

German Name
Deutsch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Persian people  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Persian  

Language Position
9  
9
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
per  

ISO 639 3
deu  
pes  

ISO 639 6
deus  
pers  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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German and Persian Language History

Comparison of German vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of German and Persian language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Persian Language History.

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

German vs Persian Difficulty

The German vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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