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Hindi vs Persian


Persian vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
India  
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
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
23  
13

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
سلام  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
لطفا  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
متاسف  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
हिन्दी  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
hindi  
persan  

German Name
Hindi  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Persian  

Language Position
5  
5
23  
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
per  

ISO 639 3
hin  
pes  

ISO 639 6
hins  
pers  

Glottocode
hind1269  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Hindi and Persian Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Persian language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Persian Language History.

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

Hindi vs Persian Difficulty

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

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