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Nepali and Persian


Persian and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

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

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
23  
13

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
سلام  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
कृपया  
لطفا  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
متاسف  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Afganistan  

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

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
népalais  
persan  

German Name
Nepali  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Persian people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Persian  

Language Position
59  
99+
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
per  

ISO 639 3
npi  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
12  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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

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Nepali and Persian Speaking population

Nepali and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Persian on Nepali vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Persian Language Codes

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

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