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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  

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Persian and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Abkhaz language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. 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 Abkhaz Language History.

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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.

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