Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
لطفا
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
متاسف
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Kokan
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Vidarbha
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Khandesh
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
persan
marathe
German Name
Persisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Marathi people
Origin
1500 BC
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Persian
Marathi
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
mara1378
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Persian and Marathi Speaking population
Persian and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Persian vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Marathi Language Codes
Persian and Marathi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Marathi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.