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Nepali and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
People's Republic of China  

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

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
لطفا  
कृपया  

Sorry
متاسف  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
India, Nepal  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Nepal  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
فارسی  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
persan  
népalais  

German Name
Persisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
19 BC  

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  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Nepali  

Language Position
23  
19
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
nep  

ISO 639 3
pes  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Persian and Nepali Speaking population

Persian and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Persian vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Nepali Language Codes

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

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