Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, Nepal
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Nepal
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Hindi
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
سلام
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
متشکرم
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good afternoon
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
متاسف
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
خدا حافظ
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Doteli
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Nepal
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Afganistan
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Nepal
Native Name
فارسی
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
persan
népalais
German Name
Persisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Persian
Nepali
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
fars1254
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Persian and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Nepali language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Nepali Difficulty
The Persian vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.