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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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