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Javanese and Persian


Persian and Javanese


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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
سلام  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
صبح به خیر  

Please
matur nuwun  
لطفا  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
متاسف  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
basa Jawa  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
javanais  
persan  

German Name
Javanisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Persian people  

History

Origin
450 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Persian  

Language Position
11  
10
23  
21

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
per  

ISO 639 3
jav  
pes  

ISO 639 6
jav  
pers  

Glottocode
java1253  
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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All Javanese 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 Javanese and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Javanese and Persian Speaking population

Javanese and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Persian on Javanese vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Persian Language Codes

Javanese and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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