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Bhojpuri vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
0  
15

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
23  
13
34  
24

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

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
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
40.00 million  
24

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  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
23  
19
37  
29

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
bho  

ISO 639 3
pes  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
59-AAF-sa  

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 Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Bhojpuri language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. 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 Bhojpuri Language History.

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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.

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