Somali and Azerbaijani
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
National Language
Somalia
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali 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
Afar and Oromo Language
Turkish
Derived From
Arabic Language
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
necəsən
Good Night
Habeenka Good
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
Evening Good
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Sabahınız xeyir
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Derbent
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Russia
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Azerbaijan
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Baku
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Azerbaijan
Native Name
af Soomaali
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
German Name
Somali
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Azerbaijani
Origin
19th century
16th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Azerbaijani
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
soma1255
azer1255
Linguasphere
No data available
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative
All Somali and Azerbaijani Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Azerbaijani dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Azerbaijani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Azerbaijani Dialects are spoken in different Azerbaijani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Azerbaijani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent , Gazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Azerbaijani Speaking population
Somali and Azerbaijani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Azerbaijani languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Azerbaijani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Azerbaijani on Somali vs Azerbaijani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Azerbaijani Language Codes
Somali and Azerbaijani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Azerbaijani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.