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Somali vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
7  
8

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Salam  

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  

Please
Fadlan  
lütfən  

Sorry
sorry  
üzr  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
xudafiz  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Russia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
32
37,000,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
37,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
21.00  
99+
37.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.34 %  
39

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
25.00 million  
27

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  

French Name
somali  
azéri  

German Name
Somali  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
19th century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
83  
99+
38  
35

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Signed Azerbaijani  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
aze  

ISO 639 3
som  
aze  

ISO 639 6
som  
aze  

Glottocode
soma1255  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Somali and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Azerbaijani language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century 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 Somali and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Somali vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

The Somali vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.

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