Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Greece
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Griko
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Italy
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Hellenic
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Persian
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
fars1254
gree1276
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Persian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Greek language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Greek Difficulty
The Persian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.