Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
73
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Turkish
Armenian
Derived From
Osmanly language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3224
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2317
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
necəsən
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
yaxşı gecə
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
lütfən
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
üzr
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
xudafiz
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Bağışlayın
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Derbent
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Russia
Greece
How Many People Speak
37,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gazakh
Griko
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
Italy
How Many People Speak
37,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baku
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
37.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3325
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
26.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.34 %0.18 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
23.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
azéri
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Aserbeidschanisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Azerbaijani
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
16th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Hellenic
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Azerbaijani
Modern Greek
Language Position
3874
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
az
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aze
ell
ISO 639 2/B
aze
gre
ISO 639 3
aze
ell
ISO 639 6
aze
ells
Glottocode
azer1255
gree1276
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic