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Azerbaijani vs Urdu


Urdu vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
necəsən  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
lütfən  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
üzr  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
xudafiz  
الوداع  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Russia  
India  

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

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
India  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Baku  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Bihari  

French Name
azéri  
ourdou  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
38  
35
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
urd  

ISO 639 3
aze  
urd  

ISO 639 6
aze  
urd  

Glottocode
azer1255  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Azerbaijani and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Urdu language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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