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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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Persian and Indonesian Language History

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

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

Persian vs Indonesian Difficulty

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

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