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Zulu and Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
South Africa  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
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
Pan South African Language Board  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • 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
Xhosa Language  
Turkish  

Derived From
-  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
50  
35
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Salam  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
unjani  
necəsən  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
Ngiyacela  
lütfən  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
üzr  

Bye
bye  
xudafiz  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Russia  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
37,000,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
37,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
37.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.34 %  
39

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
isiZulu  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
zoulou  
azéri  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
19  
16th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Beatu  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
87  
99+
38  
35

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Signed Azerbaijani  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
aze  

ISO 639 3
zul  
aze  

ISO 639 6
zul  
aze  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Zulu and Azerbaijani Speaking population

Zulu and Azerbaijani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Azerbaijani languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Azerbaijani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % 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 Zulu and Azerbaijani on Zulu vs Azerbaijani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Azerbaijani Language Codes

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

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