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Azerbaijani and Greek


Greek and Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
3  
12

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Armenian  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
necəsən  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
lütfən  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
üzr  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
xudafiz  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baku  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
azéri  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Hellenic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
38  
35
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
gre  

ISO 639 3
aze  
ell  

ISO 639 6
aze  
ells  

Glottocode
azer1255  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Azerbaijani and Greek Speaking population

Azerbaijani and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Azerbaijani and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Azerbaijani and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Azerbaijani vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Azerbaijani and Greek Language Codes

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

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