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Persian and Gujarati


Gujarati and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
India   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

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

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
31   
21

Scripts
Arabic   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
متشکرم   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
لطفا   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
متاسف   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
50.00 million   
22

Native Name
فارسی   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
persan   
goudjrati   

German Name
Persisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Iranian   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
23   
19
23   
19

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
guj   

ISO 639 3
pes   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
guja1252   

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   
Not Available   

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

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Persian and Gujarati Speaking population

Persian and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Persian vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Gujarati Language Codes

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