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Malayalam vs Persian


Persian vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
23  
13

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
سلام  

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  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
India  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
65.00 million  
17

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  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Persian  

Language Position
29  
24
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
per  

ISO 639 3
mal  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Malayalam and Persian Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Persian language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 Malayalam and Persian Language History.

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Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Persian language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malayalam vs Persian Difficulty

The Malayalam vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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