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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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Not present
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
sans1269
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
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.