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Persian vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
23  
13
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

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)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
India  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.57 %  
27

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
38.00 million  
26

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  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Malayalam  

Language Position
23  
19
29  
24

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
mal  

ISO 639 3
pes  
mal  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
mala1464  

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  
Synthetic  

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Persian and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Malayalam language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Malayalam Language History.

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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.

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