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 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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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)
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
125
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
65.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating