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Indonesian and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Halo  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
لطفا  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
متاسف  
maaf  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Indonesia  

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Balinese  

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

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Minangkabau  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
فارسی  
Bahasa Melayu  

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

French Name
persan  
indonésien  

German Name
Persisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Indonesian  

Language Position
23  
21
56  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
ind  

ISO 639 3
pes  
ind  

ISO 639 6
pers  
ind  

Glottocode
fars1254  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Persian and Indonesian Speaking population

Persian and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Persian and Indonesian on Persian vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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