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Azerbaijani vs Shona


Shona vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
-  

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Mhoro  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
Mangwanani  

Please
lütfən  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
üzr  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
xudafiz  
bye  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baku  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
azéri  
shona  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Shona people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
38  
35
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
sna  

ISO 639 3
aze  
sna  

ISO 639 6
aze  
sna  

Glottocode
azer1255  
core1255  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Azerbaijani and Shona Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Shona language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Shona Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Shona Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.

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