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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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

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   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Gazakh   

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

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Baku   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Azerbaijan   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

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 %   
21
0.34 %   
37

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

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   
30

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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