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Persian and Gujarati


Gujarati and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

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

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
لطفا  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
متاسف  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Not Available  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.74 %  
24

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
50.00 million  
22

Native Name
فارسی  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
persan  
goudjrati  

German Name
Persisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
15  

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  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
23  
19
23  
19

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
guj  

ISO 639 3
pes  
guj  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
guja1252  

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  
Not Available  

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

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Persian and Gujarati Speaking population

Persian and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Persian vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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