Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
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
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
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.
  
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
لطفا
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
persan
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Persian and Meithei 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 Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Meithei language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Meithei Difficulty
The Persian vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Meithei 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 Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.