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Azerbaijani vs Turkish


Turkish vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
11   
5

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Turkish   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Osmanly language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
necəsən   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
yaxşı gecə   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir   
günaydın   

Please
lütfən   
lütfen   

Sorry
üzr   
üzgünüm   

Bye
xudafiz   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Russia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Gazakh   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Baku   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
33   
26
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million   
39
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.34 %   
37
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
azéri   
turc   

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani   
Turkish   

History

Origin
16th Century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Turkic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
38   
30
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
az   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
aze   
tur   

ISO 639 3
aze   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
azer1255   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
44-AAB-a   

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 Turkish Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Turkish language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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