Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Turkish
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Osmanly language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Salam
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
necəsən
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
yaxşı gecə
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
lütfən
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
üzr
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
xudafiz
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Bağışlayın
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Derbent
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Russia
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Gazakh
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Baku
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
26.00 million
  
39
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
azéri
  
arménien
  
German Name
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Azerbaijani
  
Armenians
  
Origin
16th Century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Azerbaijani
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
az
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aze
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
aze
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
aze
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
azer1255
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic