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German and Persian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
7  
8

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
9  
1

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
hallo  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Danke  

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

Good Night
شب بخیر  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
guten Morgen  

Please
لطفا  
bitte  

Sorry
متاسف  
Verzeihung  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Tschüs  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Switzerland  

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Germany  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Texas  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
1.39 %  
13

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
فارسی  
Deutsch  

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

French Name
persan  
allemand  

German Name
Persisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Germans  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Iranian  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

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

Language Position
23  
21
9  
9

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
ger  

ISO 639 3
pes  
deu  

ISO 639 6
pers  
deus  

Glottocode
fars1254  
high1287, uppe1397  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Persian and German 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 Persian and German dialects. Various dialects of Persian and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Persian and German Speaking population

Persian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 Persian and German on Persian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and German Language Codes

Persian and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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