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Turkish vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
7  
8

National Language
Turkey  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Turkish  

Derived From
-  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Salam  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
necəsən  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
lütfen  
lütfən  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
üzr  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
xudafiz  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Russia  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
37,000,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
37,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
37.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.34 %  
39

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
Türkçe  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
turc  
azéri  

German Name
Türkisch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
16th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Turkic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
19  
17
38  
35

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Azerbaijani  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
aze  

ISO 639 3
tur  
aze  

ISO 639 6
tur  
aze  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Turkish and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Azerbaijani language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Turkish vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

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

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