Countries
India
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
India
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Old German Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
سلام
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
متاسف
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
persan
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Persian people
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Sanskrit and Persian Speaking population
Sanskrit and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sanskrit and Persian on Sanskrit vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sanskrit and Persian Language Codes
Sanskrit and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.