Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
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
Europe
  
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
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
- 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Not Available
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Not available
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
persan
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Persian language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Persian Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.