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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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