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How similar are Indian languages to Persian? In addition to sharing a lot of common vocabulary through the ancient connection with Sanskrit, Persian has had a major influence in more recent times on the languages of India. This language challenge will be between Baharak, a Persian speaker from Iran, and Ujwal, a Marathi speaker from India. Please check out and follow the unique and highly informative Instagram page that Baharak and two of her friends operate: (@iranizone) / iranizone
The Persian language (Farsi) is an ancient language which has had a huge amount of impact on other languages and cultures, mainly in the Middle East, as well as Central and South Asia. Persian is classified as one of the Western Iranian languages, Persian holds official status is Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. Persian has strongly influenced many different languages, including numerous Turkic languages, as well as well as Armenian, Georgian, and many languages in the Indian subcontinent. Persian has a long history of literature and it was notable for being the first language in the Muslim world to break through Arabic's monopoly on writing. The Persian language has also influenced the Arabic language, although the impact of Arabic on Persian has been higher. But the influence of Persian in the Muslim world has been strong since the early days of Islam. It was even established as a court tradition instead of Arabic under many ruling Muslim dynasties.
Marathi is the third largest language in India after Hindi and Bengali, it is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by Marathi people of Maharashtra, India. It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India, respectively, and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.
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