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Armenian vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
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
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek  
Turkish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
32  
22
23  
13

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Salam  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
necəsən  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
lütfən  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
üzr  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
xudafiz  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Russia  

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Azerbaijan  

Dialect 3
Not Applicable  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Not Applicable  
Azerbaijan  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
33  
26

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.34 %  
37

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
arménien  
azéri  

German Name
Armenisch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Turkic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
Not Available  
38  
30

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
aze  

ISO 639 3
hye  
aze  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arme1241  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Armenian and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Azerbaijani language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th 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 Armenian and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Armenian vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

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

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