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Bengali and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
4   
11

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Bangladesh, India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
23   
13
40   
29

Scripts
Arabic   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
متشکرم   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
لطفا   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
متاسف   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
India   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
فارسی   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
persan   
bengali   

German Name
Persisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Iranian   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Bengali   

Language Position
23   
19
4   
4

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
ben   

ISO 639 3
pes   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Persian and Bengali Speaking population

Persian and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Persian and Bengali on Persian vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Bengali Language Codes

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

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