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Sanskrit 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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
23  
13
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
لطفا  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
متاسف  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
-  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
-  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
-  

Native Name
فارسی  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
persan  
sanskrit  

German Name
Persisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
2000 B.C.  

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  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
23  
21
23  
21

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
san  

ISO 639 3
pes  
san  

ISO 639 6
pers  
san  

Glottocode
fars1254  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Persian and Sanskrit Speaking population

Persian and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Persian vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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