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Persian vs Javanese


Javanese vs 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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

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

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 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.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Halo  

Thank You
متشکرم  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
لطفا  
Not Available  

Sorry
متاسف  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Indonesia  

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Indonesia  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Indonesia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
76.00 million  
13

Native Name
فارسی  
basa Jawa  

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

French Name
persan  
javanais  

German Name
Persisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

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

History

Origin
1500 BC  
450 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Javanese  

Language Position
23  
19
11  
10

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
jav  

ISO 639 3
pes  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
java1253  

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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Persian and Javanese Language History

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

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

Persian vs Javanese Difficulty

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

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