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Azerbaijani vs Somali


Somali vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
3  
12

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Somalia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Hello  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
lütfən  
Fadlan  

Sorry
üzr  
sorry  

Bye
xudafiz  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Baku  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
azéri  
somali  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Somalis  

History

Origin
16th Century  
19th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Somali  

Language Position
38  
35
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
som  

ISO 639 3
aze  
som  

ISO 639 6
aze  
som  

Glottocode
azer1255  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Azerbaijani and Somali Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Somali language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Somali Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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