Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Myanmar
  
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 in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
43.00 million
  
30
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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