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Persian vs Hindi


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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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, Oceania  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
23  
13
33  
23

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  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
لطفا  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
متاسف  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
240,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
22,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
فارسی  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
persan  
hindi  

German Name
Persisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
7th Century  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
23  
19
5  
5

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
hin  

ISO 639 3
pes  
hin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
hins  

Glottocode
fars1254  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Persian and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Hindi language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi Language History.

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Persian and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Hindi language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Hindi Difficulty

The Persian vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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