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Azerbaijani vs Albanian


Albanian vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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Similar To
Turkish  
Romanian  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
mirëmengjes  

Please
lütfən  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
üzr  
Me fal  

Bye
xudafiz  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
3,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baku  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
3.60 million  
99+

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Shqip  

French Name
azéri  
albanais  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Albanians  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
38  
35
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
alb  

ISO 639 3
aze  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
aze  
sqi  

Glottocode
azer1255  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Azerbaijani and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Albanian language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Azerbaijani and Albanian Language History.

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Azerbaijani and Albanian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Azerbaijani and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Azerbaijani and Albanian language. Azerbaijani word for "Hello" is Salam or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Azerbaijani Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Azerbaijani vs Albanian Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Azerbaijani and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.

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