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Japanese vs Persian


Persian vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Japan   
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
Asia, Pacific   
Asia   

Minority Language
Palau   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
14   
4
23   
13

Scripts
Kana   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
سلام   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
صبح به خیر   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
لطفا   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
متاسف   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Afganistan   

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

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
65.00 million   
17

Native Name
日本語   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
japonais   
persan   

German Name
Japanisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Persian people   

History

Origin
1185   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Persian   

Language Position
8   
8
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
per   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Japanese and Persian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Persian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Persian Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Persian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Persian Difficulty

The Japanese vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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