Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- 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 and Javanese Languages
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
Not Available
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Madurese
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
madourais
  
persan
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Persian people
  
Origin
Not Available
  
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
Madurese
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Madurese 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 Madurese and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Persian language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Persian Difficulty
The Madurese vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese 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 Madurese and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.