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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Myanmar

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Thai Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Pali Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3233
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

612
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2333
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Tangut

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

سلام
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)

Thank You

متشکرم
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)

Good Night

شب بخیر
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)

Please

لطفا
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)

Sorry

متاسف
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)

Bye

خدا حافظ
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Arakanese

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dari Persian
Tavoyan

Where They Speak

Afganistan
Myanmar

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.00440,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Intha

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Burma

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.0090,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

125
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million43.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %0.50 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million33.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million10.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa

French Name

persan
birman

German Name

Persisch
Birmanisch

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[bəmɛ̀]

Ethnicity

Persian people
Bamar people

History

Origin

1500 BC
1113 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman

Branch

Iranian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese

Standard Forms

Persian
Modern Burmese

Language Position

2343
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Burmese sign language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
my

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
mya

ISO 639 2/B

per
bur

ISO 639 3

pes
mya

ISO 639 6

pers
mya

Glottocode

fars1254
sout3159

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

Persian and Burmese Alphabets

Persian and Burmese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and Burmese. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Persian and Burmese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and Burmese languages. The Persian phonology consist Persian vowels and Persian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Persian greetings vs Burmese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and Burmese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Persian and Burmese 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 Persian and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Persian and Burmese Speaking population

Persian and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Persian and Burmese on Persian vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Burmese Language Codes

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