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Azerbaijani and Zulu


Zulu and Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

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  
Pan South African Language Board  

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
necəsən  
unjani  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
lütfən  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
üzr  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
xudafiz  
bye  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Baku  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
azéri  
zoulou  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
19  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
38  
35
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
zul  

ISO 639 3
aze  
zul  

ISO 639 6
aze  
zul  

Glottocode
azer1255  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Azerbaijani and Zulu Speaking population

Azerbaijani and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Azerbaijani and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Azerbaijani and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Azerbaijani vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Azerbaijani and Zulu Language Codes

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

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