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
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
65.00 million
  
26
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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