Countries
Myanmar
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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!
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Intha
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Burma
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Persian
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
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.