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Persian vs Uzbek


Uzbek vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

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  
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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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Salom  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Hayirli tong  

Please
لطفا  
Iltimos  

Sorry
متاسف  
Kechiring!  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Xayr  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Sizni sevaman  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Tashkent  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
-  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
32,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
-  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
32,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
32,000,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
26.00 million  
31

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
32.00 million  
25

Native Name
فارسی  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
persan  
ouszbek  

German Name
Persisch  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[oʻzbek]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Turkic  

Branch
Iranian  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Uzbek  

Language Position
23  
21
53  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Uzbek  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
pes  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
pers  
uzb  

Glottocode
fars1254  
uzbe1247  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Persian and Uzbek Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Uzbek language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Uzbek language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries AD. 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 Uzbek Language History.

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

Persian vs Uzbek Difficulty

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

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