Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, No official status
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Not Available
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
سلام
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
متشکرم
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
لطفا
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
متاسف
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
خدا حافظ
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
persan
bhojpuri
German Name
Persisch
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Persian people
Not Available
Origin
1500 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Bhojpuri
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fa
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
59-AAF-sa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Persian and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Bhojpuri language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Persian vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.