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Malaysian vs Persian


Persian vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

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

Second Language
Indonesia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
سلام  

Thank You
terima kasih  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
صبح به خیر  

Please
sila  
لطفا  

Sorry
maaf  
متاسف  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Musi  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
Not Available  

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
malais  
persan  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Persian people  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Persian  

Language Position
54  
39
23  
19

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
per  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
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
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Malaysian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Persian language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian and Persian Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Persian Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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