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Bengali and Persian


Persian and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
India  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

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

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
23  
13

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
سلام  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
لطفا  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
متاسف  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
36
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
36
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
India  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
16
Not Available  

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
bengali  
persan  

German Name
Bengali  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Persian people  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Persian  

Language Position
4  
4
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
per  

ISO 639 3
ben  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
beng1280  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Bengali and Persian Speaking population

Bengali and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Bengali and Persian on Bengali vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Persian Language Codes

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

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