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Burmese vs Persian


Persian vs 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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Burmese and Persian Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Persian language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Burmese and Persian Language History.

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Burmese and Persian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Persian language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Persian Difficulty

The Burmese vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Persian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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