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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

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.
  
  • Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
  • The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
15  
5

Scripts
Arabic  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
لطفا  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
متاسف  
Saobiganu  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
persan  
Meithei  

German Name
Persisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1700  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
23  
21
38  
35

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
mni  

ISO 639 3
pes  
mni  

ISO 639 6
pers  
mni  

Glottocode
fars1254  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Persian and Meithei Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Meithei language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Meithei language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700. 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 Meithei Language History.

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Persian and Meithei 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 Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Meithei language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Meithei Difficulty

The Persian vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Meithei 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 Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.

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