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Uzbek vs Persian


Persian vs Uzbek


Countries

Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salom  
سلام  

Thank You
Rakhmat  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Qalay siz?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Hayirli tun  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Hayirli kech  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Hayirli tong  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Iltimos  
لطفا  

Sorry
Kechiring!  
متاسف  

Bye
Xayr  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Sizni sevaman  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tashkent  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
-  
Iran, Iraq  

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

Dialect 2
Afghan  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
-  
Afganistan  

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

Dialect 3
Ferghana  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
-  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
26.00 million  
31
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
32.00 million  
25
110.00 million  
7

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

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

French Name
ouszbek  
persan  

German Name
Usbekisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[oʻzbek]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Uzbek  
Persian people  

History

Origin
9th–12th centuries AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Chagatay  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Uzbek  
Persian  

Language Position
53  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Uzbek  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uz  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uzb  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
uzb  
per  

ISO 639 3
uzb  
pes  

ISO 639 6
uzb  
pers  

Glottocode
uzbe1247  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Uzbek and Persian Language History

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

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

Uzbek vs Persian Difficulty

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

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