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German vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
7  
8

National Language
Germany  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Turkish  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
9  
1
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Salam  

Thank You
Danke  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
necəsən  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
bitte  
lütfən  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
üzr  

Bye
Tschüs  
xudafiz  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Russia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
37,000,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
37,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
37.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.34 %  
39

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
Deutsch  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
allemand  
azéri  

German Name
Deutsch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Turkic  

Branch
Western  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
9  
9
38  
35

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Signed Azerbaijani  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
aze  

ISO 639 3
deu  
aze  

ISO 639 6
deus  
aze  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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German and Azerbaijani Language History

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

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

German vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

The German vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.

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