Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, Nepal
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India, Nepal
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
متشکرم
dhanyabad
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Śubharātri
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Suprabhaat
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
kripaya
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Nepal
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Afganistan
North India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Khortha
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
فارسی
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
persan
maithili
German Name
Persisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
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Ethnicity
Persian people
Maithil
Origin
1500 BC
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fa
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
fars1254
mait1250
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Persian and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Persian and Maithili Speaking population
Persian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Persian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Maithili Language Codes
Persian and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.