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Azerbaijani vs Swahili


Swahili vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
4  
11

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Turkish  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Habari  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Asante  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
lütfən  
tafadhali  

Sorry
üzr  
pole  

Bye
xudafiz  
bye  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Baku  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
azéri  
swahili  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
16th Century  
6th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Swahili  

Language Position
38  
35
21  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
swa  

ISO 639 3
aze  
swa  

ISO 639 6
aze  
swa  

Glottocode
azer1255  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Azerbaijani and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Swahili language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Swahili Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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