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Azerbaijani vs Persian


Persian vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
3  
12

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
سلام  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
necəsən  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
صبح به خیر  

Please
lütfən  
لطفا  

Sorry
üzr  
متاسف  

Bye
xudafiz  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Baku  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
azéri  
persan  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Persian people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Persian  

Language Position
38  
35
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
per  

ISO 639 3
aze  
pes  

ISO 639 6
aze  
pers  

Glottocode
azer1255  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Azerbaijani and Persian Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Persian language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Persian Difficulty

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

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