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Russian and Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
4  
11

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
lütfən  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
üzr  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
xudafiz  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Baku  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Russki  

French Name
azéri  
russe  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Russians  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Slavic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
38  
35
7  
7

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
rus  

ISO 639 3
aze  
rus  

ISO 639 6
aze  
rus  

Glottocode
azer1255  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
53-AAA-ea  

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

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Azerbaijani and Russian Speaking population

Azerbaijani and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Azerbaijani and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Azerbaijani and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Azerbaijani vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Azerbaijani and Russian Language Codes

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

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