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Persian vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

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   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

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.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
23   
13
41   
30

Scripts
Arabic   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
متشکرم   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
لطفا   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
متاسف   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Israel, kerala   

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
India   

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Pandy Malayalam   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
فارسی   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
persan   
malayalam   

German Name
Persisch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Malayali   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Malayalam   

Language Position
23   
19
29   
24

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
mal   

ISO 639 3
pes   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Persian and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Malayalam language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Persian and Malayalam Language History.

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Persian and Malayalam Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Persian and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Malayalam language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Malayalam Difficulty

The Persian vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Malayalam Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Persian and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.

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