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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  
-  

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
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
37,000,000.00  
20
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Crimean Turkish  

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

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baku  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

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 %  
39
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
15.00 million  
34

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  
35
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
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
aze  
tur  

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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