The language belongs to the group of Indo-European languages and makes use of Arabic alphabet instead of Latin script. It is more similar to Hindi and Urdu than English. Don't like the sounds as much. About 10% of Farsi words have Arabic origins but virtally all of these have original Farsi counterparts as well.

Be it Arabic or Farsi, always emphasize your every syllable to copy their accent. Also don't believe people that say Farsi is a dialect of Arabic or the majority of it is Arabic. Arabic cons 1. Well, I can say for one that they're completely unrelated.   The CIA World Factbook no longer provides percentage breakdowns of Iran's languages. Note: In 2018, The CIA World Factbook stated that Iran's languages are Persian Farsi, Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, and Arabic. People these days are often confused about the differences between the Persian and Arabic communities. In entire Middle East and North of Africa, Arabic is the lingua franca. Coincidentally, Portuguese is also in the Indo-European language family, but it also differs from Farsi in many ways. Also I know Arabic spoken by 220 million people in Egypt, Syria, UAE, Iraq and Etc. Arabic is the sacred language of all Muslims around the world and it is the script that has been used in the holy Koran as well. People in the other parts of the world get confused between the Arabic and Farsi languages because of their similarities. Login to reply the answers Post; Anonymous. * For lots of great Arabic lessons for students of all levels, visit ArabicPod101: https://bit.ly/2G0Ghvx. Urdu vs Arabic . When thinking of the right words to say, use “yanni” in Arabic.

Source(s): https://shrink.im/a87MM. the letters in handwritten Arabic often move from upper right to lower left instead of just right to left) In fact, there are many under the misconception that Arabic and Farsi are same languages. Those unfamiliar will, at times, mistake the two as one. 58 percent of Iranians speak Persian or a Persian dialect 26 percent speak Turkic and Turkic dialects 9 percent speak Kurdish Others speak Luri, Balochi, Arabic, Turkish and other languages The Arab peoples are united by an identity of a shared culture and history. 1 decade ago. *Please keep your comments on topic and respectful. Verbs in Arabic and Farsi are totally different — Arabic has a trilerate root structure where many words are inter-related; Farsi verbs are more like French, free-standing verbs that are conjugated alone. Arabic is to the Middle East and Africa what Farsi is to Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and the Pamir Mountain regions. Besides second or third language and students of all ages who do not live in Persian-speaking countries but have learned or learning. I kind of want to work in international development so Arabic does make more sense, but I like how Persian sounds more, plus I speak Hindi, so it's more accessible for me.