Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
dankjewel
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
شب بخیر
goede Nacht
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
goedemiddag
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
goedemorgen
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Ik hou van jou
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Gronings
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Belgium, Netherlands
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
Nederlands
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
persan
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Persisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Dutch people
Origin
1500 BC
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Persian
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
mode1257
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Persian and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Dutch language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Dutch Difficulty
The Persian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.