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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
7  
8

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

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Turkish  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
سلام  
Salam  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
necəsən  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
لطفا  
lütfən  

Sorry
متاسف  
üzr  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
xudafiz  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Russia  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
37,000,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
37,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
37.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.34 %  
39

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
فارسی  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
persan  
azéri  

German Name
Persisch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Turkic  

Branch
Iranian  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
23  
21
38  
35

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Azerbaijani  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
aze  

ISO 639 3
pes  
aze  

ISO 639 6
pers  
aze  

Glottocode
fars1254  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Persian and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Azerbaijani language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Persian and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Persian vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

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

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