Countries
South Africa
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
17
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Turkish
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5332
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
109
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4323
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Salam
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
Unjani
necəsən
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
Molo
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
Ndicela
lütfən
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
üzr
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
xudafiz
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Derbent
Where They Speak
South Africa
Russia
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0037,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Gazakh
Where They Speak
South Africa
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0037,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Baku
Where They Speak
South Africa
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
19.0037.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
933
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million26.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.34 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
French Name
xhosa
azéri
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Azerbaijani
Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa
Azerbaijani
Language Position
2138
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
xh
az
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
aze
ISO 639 2/B
xho
aze
ISO 639 3
xho
aze
ISO 639 6
xho
aze
Glottocode
xhos1239
azer1255
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative