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Persian Vs Arabic

Which language do you speak? Is it Arabic or Persian by any chance? If so, do you think that each of them relates? Well, in this article, Universal Translation Services will provide the similarities and differences between Persian and Arabic languages to clear this misunderstanding.

Being a linguist, these questions will make you curious as well but don't worry! We are here to answer your queries! So, let's begin by exploring the grammar structure and distinct vocabulary of both languages.

The Alphabet Script When you look at the Alphabet Script, no one would say that the Persian language is different from Arabic. To an extent, this is completely true. The modern Persian (in both Iran and Afghanistan) is in the Perso-Arabic script, which is the Arabic script but with slight pronunciation modifications, plus a few extra letters. In Tajikistan, the language Tajik which is pretty similar to Persian is spoken but with a different accent. It has a vocabulary influenced by Russian. And its writing system is in Cyrillic script. For language learners, the Cyrillic script can be both an advantage (because Cyrillic script is written with all its vowels!) and a disadvantage (you won't learn to read street signs or other printed text in Iran or Afghanistan).

In the Alphabet script, though every Arabic alphabet exists in Persian, the Persian language has four extra letters. Moreover, people use the pronunciation guide for the most commonly-taught Tehrani/Shirazi accents of Farsi. In Arabic countries, there is one different thing i.e. the Arabic alphabet they choose to express the "p" sound (e.g. in brand names or street signs) is a different invention and not the one used in Persian. The Arabic alphabet has different pronunciations and variants that are not in the Persian language.

Vocabulary in Persian vs. Arabic Persian is an Iranian language that has a lot of Arabic words in it. Also, there are many words that Old Persian has from another extinct Iranian language. But in reality, Persian is closer to English than it is to Arabic because it belongs to the Indo-European language family. Moreover, as a literary language, Middle Persian did not attest until the 6th or 7th century. But from the records of the 9th century, Middle Persian was on the threshold of becoming New Persian.

In actuality, Persian varies from Arabic a lot by style and format, but it's anywhere up to 40%, in the full Persian dictionary, some 40% of all words are of Arabic origin. But in everyday conversation, there is very little i.e. maybe 10-20%. And it doesn’t mean that an Arabic speaker can listen to someone speaking Persian and remotely catch the drift of what’s going on, even with experience.

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