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Azerbaijani and Cantonese


Cantonese and Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
您好  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
谢谢  

How Are You?
necəsən  
你好吗?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
晚安  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
下午好  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
早上好  

Please
lütfən  
请  

Sorry
üzr  
遗憾  

Bye
xudafiz  
再见  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Russia  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Baku  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
azéri  
cantonais  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
16th Century  
17th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
38  
35
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
yue  

ISO 639 3
aze  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
aze  
yue  

Glottocode
azer1255  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Azerbaijani and Cantonese Speaking population

Azerbaijani and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Azerbaijani and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Azerbaijani and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Azerbaijani and Cantonese on Azerbaijani vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Azerbaijani and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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