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Azerbaijani vs Chinese


Chinese vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
5  
10

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
24  
19

How Many Consonants
23  
13
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
necəsən  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
lütfən  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
üzr  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
xudafiz  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Russia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Baku  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
azéri  
chinois  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Han  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
38  
35
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
chi  

ISO 639 3
aze  
zho  

ISO 639 6
aze  
zho  

Glottocode
azer1255  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Azerbaijani and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Chinese language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Chinese Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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