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Hindi and Persian


Persian and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
23   
13

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
سلام   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
صبح به خیر   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
لطفا   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
متاسف   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
Not Available   

Native Name
हिन्दी   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
hindi   
persan   

German Name
Hindi   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Persian people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Persian   

Language Position
5   
5
23   
19

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
per   

ISO 639 3
hin   
pes   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Hindi and Persian Speaking population

Hindi and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Persian on Hindi vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Persian Language Codes

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

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