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Burmese and Persian


Persian and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Myanmar   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as 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
Thai Language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
23   
13

Scripts
Tangut   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
سلام   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
صبح به خیر   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
لطفا   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
متاسف   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Intha   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
birman   
persan   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Persian people   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Persian   

Language Position
43   
32
23   
19

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
per   

ISO 639 3
mya   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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

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Burmese and Persian Speaking population

Burmese and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Persian on Burmese vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Persian Language Codes

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

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