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Persian and Sindhi


Sindhi and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
42   
31

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic, Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
لطفا   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
متاسف   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Upper Sindh   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Central Sindh   

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Lari   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Lower Sindh   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
فارسی   
Not Available   

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

French Name
persan   
sindhi   

German Name
Persisch   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
711 A.D   

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   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Sindhi   

Language Position
23   
19
50   
37

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
snd   

ISO 639 3
pes   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
sind1272   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Persian and Sindhi Speaking population

Persian and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Persian vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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