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Amharic vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Ethiopia  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
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
Not Available  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Turkish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
31  
21
23  
13

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Salam  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
necəsən  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
i'bakwon  
lütfən  

Sorry
aznallehu  
üzr  

Bye
tschao  
xudafiz  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Russia  

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Azerbaijan  

Dialect 3
Showa  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Azerbaijan  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.34 %  
37

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
amharique  
azéri  

German Name
Amharisch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
13th century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Turkic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
55  
40
38  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
aze  

ISO 639 3
amh  
aze  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Amharic and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Azerbaijani language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Amharic and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Amharic vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

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

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