Persian

Marathi

Persian and Marathi

Persian

Marathi

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Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

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

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

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

India

Second Language

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

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

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

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

Israel, Mauritius

Regulated By

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

Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad

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.

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.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages

Konkani Language

Derived From

Arabic Language

Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3252

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

616

0 32

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How Many Consonants

2336

9 60

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Scripts

Arabic

Devanagari

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks4 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

سلام

हॅलो (Hĕlō)

Thank You

متشکرم

धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)

How Are You?

چطور هستید?

तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)

Good Night

شب بخیر

शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)

Good Evening

عصر بخیر

चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر

शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)

Good Morning

صبح به خیر

शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)

Please

لطفا

कृपया (Kr̥payā)

Sorry

متاسف

क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)

Bye

خدا حافظ

बाय (Bāya)

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم

मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!

मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian

Maharashtrian Konkani

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq

Kokan

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.002,400,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Dari Persian

Varhadi

Where They Speak

Afganistan

Vidarbha

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.007,000,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian

Khandeshi

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Khandesh

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.001,900,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

1242

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million71.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.99 %1.10 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

65.00 million68.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million3.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

فارسی

मराठी (marāṭhī)

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu

French Name

persan

marathe

German Name

Persisch

Marathi

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]

[məˈɾaʈʰi]

Ethnicity

Persian people

Marathi people

History

Origin

1500 BC

10th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

Branch

Iranian

Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian

Maharashtri Prakrit

Standard Forms

Persian

Marathi

Language Position

2317

1 120

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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language

Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas

mar

ISO 639 2/B

per

mar

ISO 639 3

pes

mar

ISO 639 6

pers

mar

Glottocode

fars1254

mara1378

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c

omr

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic

Persian and Marathi Alphabets

Persian and Marathi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and Marathi. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Persian and Marathi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and Marathi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

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Persian and Marathi Speaking population

Persian and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Persian vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Marathi Language Codes

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