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Persian vs Burmese


Burmese vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
2,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

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  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
23  
19
43  
32

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
bur  

ISO 639 3
pes  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
sout3159  

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  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Persian and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Burmese language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Burmese Language History.

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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.

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