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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  
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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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
40 weeks  
15

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  
15
40,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Northern dialect  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Bogor  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
40,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Priangan dialect  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Bandung  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
40,000,000.00  
15

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 %  
21
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
39.00 million  
22

Native Name
فارسی  
Basa Sunda  

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

French Name
persan  
soundanais  

German Name
Persisch  
Sundanesisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  

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  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Sundanese  

Language Position
23  
21
42  
39

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Sundanese Sign Language  

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
pers  
sun  

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  
-  

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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 40 weeks.

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