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Greek and Persian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

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

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

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic  
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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

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

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

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

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
لطفا  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
متاسف  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
αντίο (antío)  

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

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Greece  

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Italy  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Ukraine  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
فارسی  
ελληνικά  

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

French Name
persan  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Persisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Hellenic  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Persian  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
23  
21
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
gre  

ISO 639 3
pes  
ell  

ISO 639 6
pers  
ells  

Glottocode
fars1254  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Persian and Greek Speaking population

Persian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Persian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Greek Language Codes

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

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