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Persian vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
42  
31

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic, Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
لطفا  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
متاسف  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Upper Sindh  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Central Sindh  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Lower Sindh  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
فارسی  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Not Available  

French Name
persan  
sindhi  

German Name
Persisch  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
711 A.D  

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  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Sindhi  

Language Position
23  
19
50  
37

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
snd  

ISO 639 3
pes  
snd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Persian and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Sindhi language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Sindhi Language History.

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

Persian vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Persian vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.

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