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Swahili and Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
7  
8

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Turkish  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Salam  

Thank You
Asante  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
necəsən  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
tafadhali  
lütfən  

Sorry
pole  
üzr  

Bye
bye  
xudafiz  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Russia  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
12
37,000,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
10
37,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
9
37.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.34 %  
39

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
75.00 million  
14
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
Kiswahili  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
swahili  
azéri  

German Name
Swahili  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
6th century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Bantu  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
21  
19
38  
35

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
Signed Azerbaijani  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
aze  

ISO 639 3
swa  
aze  

ISO 639 6
swa  
aze  

Glottocode
swah1254  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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All Swahili 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 Swahili and Azerbaijani dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Azerbaijani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Azerbaijani Dialects are spoken in different Azerbaijani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Azerbaijani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent , Gazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Azerbaijani Speaking population

Swahili and Azerbaijani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Azerbaijani languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Azerbaijani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % 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 Swahili and Azerbaijani on Swahili vs Azerbaijani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Azerbaijani Language Codes

Swahili and Azerbaijani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Azerbaijani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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