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Persian vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
سلام  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
لطفا  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
متاسف  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Griko  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
ελληνικά  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
persan  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Persian people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Persian  

Language Position
74  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
per  

ISO 639 3
ell  
pes  

ISO 639 6
ells  
pers  

Glottocode
gree1276  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
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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Greek and Persian Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Persian language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Persian Language History.

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

Greek vs Persian Difficulty

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

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