Marathi

Persian

Marathi and Persian

Marathi

Persian

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Countries

Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

India

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language

Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Israel, Mauritius

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Regulated By

Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad

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

Interesting Facts

Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.

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

Konkani Language

Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language

Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5232

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

166

0 32

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How Many Consonants

3623

9 60

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Scripts

Devanagari

Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

4 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

हॅलो (Hĕlō)

سلام

Thank You

धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)

متشکرم

How Are You?

तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)

چطور هستید?

Good Night

शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)

شب بخیر

Good Evening

चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)

عصر بخیر

Good Afternoon

शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)

بعد از ظهر بخیر

Good Morning

शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)

صبح به خیر

Please

कृपया (Kr̥payā)

لطفا

Sorry

क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)

متاسف

Bye

बाय (Bāya)

خدا حافظ

I Love You

मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)

من شما را دوست دارم

Excuse Me

मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)

ببخشيد!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maharashtrian Konkani

Western Persian

Where They Speak

Kokan

Iran, Iraq

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.0047,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Varhadi

Dari Persian

Where They Speak

Vidarbha

Afganistan

How Many People Speak

7,000,000.0012,500,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Khandeshi

Tajik Persian

Where They Speak

Khandesh

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.007,900,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

4212

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

71.00 million65.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

1.10 %0.99 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

68.00 million65.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million110.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

मराठी (marāṭhī)

فارسی

Alternative Names

Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

French Name

marathe

persan

German Name

Marathi

Persisch

Pronunciation

[məˈɾaʈʰi]

[fɒːɾˈsiː]

Ethnicity

Marathi people

Persian people

History

Origin

10th century

1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic

Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Maharashtri Prakrit

Old Persian and Middle Persian

Standard Forms

Marathi

Persian

Language Position

1723

1 120

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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)

Persian Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mar

fas

ISO 639 2/B

mar

per

ISO 639 3

mar

pes

ISO 639 6

mar

pers

Glottocode

mara1378

fars1254

Linguasphere

omr

58-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic

Marathi and Persian Alphabets

Marathi and Persian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Marathi and Persian. In Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Marathi and Persian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Marathi and Persian languages. The Marathi phonology consist Marathi vowels and Marathi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Marathi greetings vs Persian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Marathi and Persian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Marathi and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Marathi and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Marathi and Persian Speaking population

Marathi and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Marathi and Persian on Marathi vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Persian Language Codes

Marathi and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.