Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
India
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
لطفا
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
persan
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
2000 B.C.
  
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
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Persian and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Sanskrit language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Persian vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.