Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Turkish
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Osmanly language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Salam
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
necəsən
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
yaxşı gecə
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
lütfən
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
üzr
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
xudafiz
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Bağışlayın
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Derbent
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Russia
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gazakh
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Baku
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
26.00 million
  
39
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
azéri
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Azerbaijani
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Azerbaijani
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
az
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aze
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
aze
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
aze
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
azer1255
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic