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Indonesian and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Indonesia   

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   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

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

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 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.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Malay language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Halo   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
لطفا   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
متاسف   
maaf   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Indonesia   

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Balinese   

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

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Minangkabau   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
فارسی   
Bahasa Melayu   

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

French Name
persan   
indonésien   

German Name
Persisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Indonesian   

Language Position
23   
19
56   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
ind   

ISO 639 3
pes   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
indo1316   

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   
Agglutinative   

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

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Persian and Indonesian Speaking population

Persian and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Persian and Indonesian on Persian vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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