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Malaysian and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Hai  

Thank You
متشکرم  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Selamat pagi  

Please
لطفا  
sila  

Sorry
متاسف  
maaf  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
فارسی  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Not Available  

French Name
persan  
malais  

German Name
Persisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
23  
19
54  
39

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
may  

ISO 639 3
pes  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Persian and Malaysian Speaking population

Persian and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Persian vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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