Home
Languagevs


Persian and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Persian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Abkhazia   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
2   
1

How Many Consonants
23   
13
60   
36

Scripts
Arabic   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
لطفا   
Not Available   

Sorry
متاسف   
Not Available   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Not available   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Abkhazia   

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Caucasus   

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Turkey   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
0.13 million   
99+

Native Name
فارسی   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
persan   
abkhaze   

German Name
Persisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Abkhaz   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
abk   

ISO 639 3
pes   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
fars1254   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Spoken Languages

Persian and Abkhaz Speaking population

Persian and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. 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 Abkhaz on Persian vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages