Countries
Madagascar
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
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
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy 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
Not Available
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
azafady
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
malgache
  
persan
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Persian language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Persian Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.