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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Total No. Of Countries

36
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Second Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Regulated By

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

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.
  • Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
  • The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Malayalam

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

32247
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

612
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2318
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Tamil

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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Greetings

Hello

سلام
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)

Thank You

متشکرم
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)

Good Night

شب بخیر
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)

Please

لطفا
தயவு (Tayavu)

Sorry

متاسف
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)

Bye

خدا حافظ
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Kongu

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
Kongu

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dari Persian
Madurai Tamil

Where They Speak

Afganistan
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.0077,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Tirunelveli Tamil

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1210
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %1.06 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million70.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
தமிழ்

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

French Name

persan
tamoul

German Name

Persisch
Tamil

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Ethnicity

Persian people
Tamil people or Tamilans

History

Origin

1500 BC
300 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
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Branch

Iranian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil

Standard Forms

Persian
Modern Tamil

Language Position

2318
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Signed Tamil

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
ta

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
tam

ISO 639 2/B

per
tam

ISO 639 3

pes
tam

ISO 639 6

pers
tam

Glottocode

fars1254
tami1289, oldt1248

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
tami1289

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Persian and Tamil Alphabets

Persian and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and Tamil. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Persian and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and Tamil 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 Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Persian and Tamil Speaking population

Persian and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. 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 Tamil on Persian vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Tamil Language Codes

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