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Abkhaz vs Persian


Persian vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
62  
36
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
6  
3

How Many Consonants
60  
36
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

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  

History

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  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Abkhaz and Persian Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Persian language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 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 Abkhaz and Persian Language History.

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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.

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