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Azerbaijani vs Serbian


Serbian vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
4  
11

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
lütfən  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
üzr  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
xudafiz  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Baku  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Montenegrin  

French Name
azéri  
serbe  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Serbs  

History

Origin
16th Century  
11th 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  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
38  
35
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
srp  

ISO 639 3
aze  
srp  

ISO 639 6
aze  
srp  

Glottocode
azer1255  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Azerbaijani and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Serbian language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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