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Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani

Shona
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Countries

Countries

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

71
0 46
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National Language

Azerbaijan, Gambia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
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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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.

Similar To

Turkish
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

Osmanly language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3237
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2346
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salam
Mhoro

Thank You

Təşəkkür edirəm
Waita zvako

How Are You?

necəsən
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

yaxşı gecə
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

Axşamınız xeyir
Manheru

Good Afternoon

Günortanız Xeyir
Masikati

Good Morning

Sabahınız xeyir
Mangwanani

Please

lütfən
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

üzr
Ndineurombo

Bye

xudafiz
bye

I Love You

Mən səni sevirəm
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Bağışlayın
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Derbent
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Russia
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

37,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gazakh
Karanga

Where They Speak

Azerbaijan
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

37,000,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Baku
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Azerbaijan
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

37.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

334
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

26.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.34 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

23.00 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

25.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
chiShona

Alternative Names

Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

azéri
shona

German Name

Aserbeidschanisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Azerbaijani
Shona people

History

Origin

16th Century
20th century

Language Family

Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Turkic
Benue-Congo

Branch

Southwestern(Oghuz)
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Azerbaijani
Standard Shona

Language Position

38107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Azerbaijani
Signed Shona

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

az
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aze
sna

ISO 639 2/B

aze
sna

ISO 639 3

aze
sna

ISO 639 6

aze
sna

Glottocode

azer1255
core1255

Linguasphere

44-AAB-a
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Azerbaijani and Shona Alphabets

Azerbaijani and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Azerbaijani and Shona. In Azerbaijani Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Azerbaijani and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Azerbaijani and Shona languages. The Azerbaijani phonology consist Azerbaijani vowels and Azerbaijani consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Azerbaijani greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Azerbaijani and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Azerbaijani and Shona Speaking population

Azerbaijani and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Azerbaijani and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Azerbaijani and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Azerbaijani vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Azerbaijani and Shona Language Codes

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