Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
- 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
متشکرم
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
چطور هستید?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
شب بخیر
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
صبح به خیر
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
لطفا
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
متاسف
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
malayalam
persan
German Name
Malayalam
Persisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Persian people
Origin
9th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early form
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Persian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Malayalam and Persian Speaking population
Malayalam and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Persian on Malayalam vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Persian Language Codes
Malayalam and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.