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Sanskrit and Persian


Persian and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
52  
31
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
23  
13

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

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  
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

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  

History

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  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Sanskrit and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sanskrit and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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