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Azerbaijani vs Armenian


Armenian vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Armenian National 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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Greek  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Armenian manuscript  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
lütfən  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
üzr  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
xudafiz  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baku  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
-  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
azéri  
arménien  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Armenians  

History

Origin
16th Century  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
38  
35
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
arm  

ISO 639 3
aze  
hye  

ISO 639 6
aze  
hye  

Glottocode
azer1255  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Azerbaijani and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Armenian language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. 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 Armenian Language History.

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Azerbaijani and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Azerbaijani and Armenian language. Azerbaijani word for "Hello" is Salam or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Azerbaijani Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Azerbaijani vs Armenian Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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