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Azerbaijani vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
7  
8

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Turkish  

Derived From
-  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
23  
13

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Salam  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
necəsən  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
lütfən  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
üzr  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
xudafiz  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Russia  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
37,000,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Wu  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
37,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 3
Yue  
Baku  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
37.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.34 %  
39

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
chinois  
azéri  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
16th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
1  
1
38  
35

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Signed Azerbaijani  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
aze  

ISO 639 3
zho  
aze  

ISO 639 6
zho  
aze  

Glottocode
sini1245  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Chinese and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Azerbaijani language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Chinese and Azerbaijani Language History.

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Chinese and Azerbaijani 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 Chinese and Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Azerbaijani language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

The Chinese vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Azerbaijani 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 Chinese and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.

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