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Javanese vs Persian


Persian vs Javanese


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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

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

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
سلام   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
صبح به خیر   

Please
Not Available   
لطفا   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
متاسف   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Iran, Iraq   

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

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Afganistan   

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

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
65.00 million   
17

Native Name
basa Jawa   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
javanais   
persan   

German Name
Javanisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   
Persian people   

History

Origin
450 AD   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Persian   

Language Position
11   
10
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
per   

ISO 639 3
jav   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
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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Javanese and Persian Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Persian language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Javanese and Persian Language History.

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

Javanese vs Persian Difficulty

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

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