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Persian and Burmese


Burmese and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

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

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.
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
23   
13
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
متشکرم   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
لطفا   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
متاسف   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
فارسی   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
persan   
birman   

German Name
Persisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
23   
19
43   
32

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
bur   

ISO 639 3
pes   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Persian and Burmese Speaking population

Persian and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Persian vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Burmese Language Codes

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