Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
لطفا
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
متاسف
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Mappila
Where They Speak
Afganistan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
persan
malayalam
German Name
Persisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Persian people
Malayali
Origin
1500 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early form
Standard Forms
Persian
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
mala1464
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Persian and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Malayalam language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Persian vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.