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Madurese vs Persian


Persian vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
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
-  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • 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 and Javanese Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Madurese-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
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
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
tolong  
لطفا  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
متاسف  

Bye
Pamit  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
40
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Madurese  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
madourais  
persan  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[madura]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Persian people  

History

Origin
8th Century 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
Madurese  
Persian  

Language Position
69  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
per  

ISO 639 3
mad  
pes  

ISO 639 6
-  
pers  

Glottocode
madu1247  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Madurese and Persian Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Persian language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in 8th Century AD 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 Madurese and Persian Language History.

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

Madurese vs Persian Difficulty

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

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