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Was Turkey part of the Persian Empire?
The Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, lasted from approximately 559 B.C.E. to 331 B.C.E. At its height, it encompassed the areas of modern-day Iran, Egypt, Turkey, and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Is Persian easier than Turkish?
I would say Farsi (Persian) is somewhat easier to learn than Turkish is, if ease of learning is an issue. It is Indo-European, and I do not think it has complex case systems, though I have never studied it. Turkish is written in the Roman alphabet but it is very non-Indo-European in its structure.
What is the difference between Persian and Farsi?
Farsi, which is the Persian word for the Persian language, has also been used widely in English in recent decades, more often to refer to Iran’s standard Persian. However, the name Persian is still more widely used.
What is the influence of Persian language on other languages?
Persian has left a considerable influence on its neighboring languages, including other Iranian languages, the Turkic languages, Armenian, Georgian and the Indo-Aryan languages (especially Urdu).
How many people speak Persian language worldwide?
There are approximately 110 million Persian speakers worldwide, with the language holding official status in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. For centuries, Persian has also been a prestigious cultural language in other regions of Western Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia by the various empires based in the regions.
What was the official language of the Ottoman Empire?
Turkish. During the course of over six hundred years of the Ottoman Empire (c. 1299–1922), the literary and official language of the empire was a mixture of Turkish, Persian and Arabic, which differed considerably from the everyday spoken Turkish of the time, and is termed Ottoman Turkish .