Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Myanmar
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Myanmar
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Mon
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
سلام
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
متشکرم
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
لطفا
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
متاسف
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
خدا حافظ
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Intha
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Burma
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
persan
birman
German Name
Persisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Persian people
Bamar people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Persian
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
sout3159
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Persian and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Burmese language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Burmese Difficulty
The Persian vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.