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Persian vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Hai   

Thank You
متشکرم   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Selamat pagi   

Please
لطفا   
sila   

Sorry
متاسف   
maaf   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
فارسی   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Not Available   

French Name
persan   
malais   

German Name
Persisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
23   
19
54   
39

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
may   

ISO 639 3
pes   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
stan1306   

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   
Agglutinative   

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Persian and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Malaysian language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Persian vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Persian vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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