Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
سلام
  
pranam
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
لطفا
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
maf karai
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
فارسی
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
persan
  
maithili
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
14th 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
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Persian and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Maithili language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Maithili Difficulty
The Persian vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.