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Indonesian vs Persian


Persian vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Indonesia  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
سلام  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
صبح به خیر  

Please
mohon Untuk  
لطفا  

Sorry
maaf  
متاسف  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
indonésien  
persan  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Persian people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Persian  

Language Position
56  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
per  

ISO 639 3
ind  
pes  

ISO 639 6
ind  
pers  

Glottocode
indo1316  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Indonesian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Persian language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Indonesian and Persian Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Persian Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Persian 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 Indonesian and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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