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Persian vs Sundanese


Sundanese vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
West Java   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Not Available   

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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Madurese and Malay Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
16   
6

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin, Sundanese   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Halo   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Nuhun   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Kumaha kabarna?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Wilujeng kulem   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Wilujeng wengi   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Wilujeng siang   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Wilujeng énjing   

Please
لطفا   
Mangga   

Sorry
متاسف   
Hapunten   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Wilujeng angkat   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Punten   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Western dialect   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Banten   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Northern dialect   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Bogor   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Priangan dialect   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Bandung   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
فارسی   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Priangan, Sunda   

French Name
persan   
soundanais   

German Name
Persisch   
Sundanesisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
5th century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Sundanese   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
su   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
sun   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
sun   

ISO 639 3
pes   
sun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
sund1251   

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   
Not Available   

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Persian and Sundanese Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Sundanese language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Sundanese language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Sundanese language states that this language originated in 5th century AD. 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 Sundanese Language History.

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

Persian vs Sundanese Difficulty

The Persian vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is Not Available.

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