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Zulu vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs 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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Zulu and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Azerbaijani language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 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 Zulu and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Zulu vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

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

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