Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
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 in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Persian and Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Abkhaz language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Persian vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.