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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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