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Persian and Maithili


Maithili and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
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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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
22  
12

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
pranam  

Thank You
متشکرم  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Suprabhaat  

Please
لطفا  
kripaya  

Sorry
متاسف  
maf karai  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Alavidā  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
North India  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
persan  
maithili  

German Name
Persisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
23  
21
40  
37

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
mai  

ISO 639 3
pes  
mai  

ISO 639 6
pers  
mai  

Glottocode
fars1254  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Persian and Maithili Speaking population

Persian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Persian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Maithili Language Codes

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

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