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Sundanese and Persian


Persian and Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Indonesia  
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
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
  • 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
Madurese and Malay Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
23  
13

Scripts
Latin, Sundanese  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks  
15
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
سلام  

Thank You
Nuhun  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Wilujeng kulem  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Mangga  
لطفا  

Sorry
Hapunten  
متاسف  

Bye
Wilujeng angkat  
خدا حافظ  

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

Excuse Me
Punten  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Banten  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
18
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Northern dialect  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Bogor  
Afganistan  

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

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Bandung  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
39.00 million  
22
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Basa Sunda  
فارسی  

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

French Name
soundanais  
persan  

German Name
Sundanesisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  
Persian people  

History

Origin
5th 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
Sundanese  
Persian  

Language Position
42  
39
23  
21

Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
su  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sun  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
sun  
per  

ISO 639 3
sun  
pes  

ISO 639 6
sun  
pers  

Glottocode
sund1251  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Sundanese and Persian Speaking population

Sundanese and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Sundanese and Persian on Sundanese vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Persian Language Codes

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

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