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Azerbaijani vs Balochi


Balochi vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
4  
11

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Iran  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Kurdish and Persian  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Perso-Arabic script  

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  
Salam  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
mana bebahgsh  

How Are You?
necəsən  
chone tao?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
jawáin shap  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
jawáin begáh  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
سلام علیکم  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
jawáin sawáh  

Please
lütfən  
Mihrabani kan  

Sorry
üzr  
bebaksh / bebagsh  

Bye
xudafiz  
bye  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Tu mana doost biyeh  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
mana bebahgsh  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Eastern Balochi  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Western Balochi  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  

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

Dialect 3
Baku  
Southern Balochi  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
3,400,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
8.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
بلوچی  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Baluchi  

French Name
azéri  
baloutchi  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Belutschisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[bəˈloʧi]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  

History

Origin
16th Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Balochi  

Language Position
38  
35
39  
36

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Balochi Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
bal  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
bal  

ISO 639 3
aze  
bal  

ISO 639 6
aze  
bal  

Glottocode
azer1255  
balo1260  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
58-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Azerbaijani and Balochi Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Balochi language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Balochi language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Balochi Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Balochi Difficulty

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

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