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Persian and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
سلام   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
صبح به خیر   

Please
mohon Untuk   
لطفا   

Sorry
maaf   
متاسف   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Dari Persian   

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

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Tajik Persian   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
فارسی   

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

French Name
indonésien   
persan   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Persian people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Persian   

Language Position
56   
99+
23   
19

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
per   

ISO 639 3
ind   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
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
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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

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Indonesian and Persian Speaking population

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

Indonesian and Persian Language Codes

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

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