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Persian vs Bengali


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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Bangladesh, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

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

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
23  
13
40  
29

Scripts
Arabic  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
لطفا  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
متاسف  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
India  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
فارسی  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
persan  
bengali  

German Name
Persisch  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1000–1200 CE  

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  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Bengali  

Language Position
23  
19
4  
4

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
ben  

ISO 639 3
pes  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Persian and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Bengali language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Persian and Bengali Language History.

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Persian and Bengali Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Persian and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Bengali language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Bengali Difficulty

The Persian vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Bengali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Persian and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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