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Persian vs Nepali


Nepali vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Hindi   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
23   
13
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
متشکرم   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
لطفا   
कृपया   

Sorry
متاسف   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
India, Nepal   

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Nepal   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
فارسی   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
persan   
népalais   

German Name
Persisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Iranian   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Nepali   

Language Position
23   
19
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
nep   

ISO 639 3
pes   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Persian and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Nepali language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Persian vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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