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Albanian and Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Turkish  

Derived From
-  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Salam  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
necəsən  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
Ju lutem  
lütfən  

Sorry
Me fal  
üzr  

Bye
mirupafshim  
xudafiz  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Russia  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
37,000,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
37,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
37.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.34 %  
39

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
albanais  
azéri  

German Name
Albanisch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
14  
13
38  
35

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Signed Azerbaijani  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
aze  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
aze  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
aze  

Glottocode
alba1267  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Albanian and Azerbaijani 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 Albanian and Azerbaijani dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Azerbaijani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Azerbaijani Dialects are spoken in different Azerbaijani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Azerbaijani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent , Gazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Azerbaijani Speaking population

Albanian and Azerbaijani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Azerbaijani languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Azerbaijani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 %. 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 Albanian and Azerbaijani on Albanian vs Azerbaijani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Azerbaijani Language Codes

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

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