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Hindi and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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, Oceania  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
23  
13
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
لطفا  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
متاسف  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
240,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
22,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
فارسی  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
persan  
hindi  

German Name
Persisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
7th Century  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
23  
19
5  
5

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
hin  

ISO 639 3
pes  
hin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
hins  

Glottocode
fars1254  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Persian and Hindi Speaking population

Persian and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Persian vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Hindi Language Codes

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

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