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Azerbaijani and Somali


Somali and Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia   
Somalia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Turkish   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Osmanly language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
Hello   

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
necəsən   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
yaxşı gecə   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
lütfən   
Fadlan   

Sorry
üzr   
sorry   

Bye
xudafiz   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Russia   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Gazakh   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Baku   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
33   
26
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.34 %   
37
Not Available   

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
azéri   
somali   

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani   
Somalis   

History

Origin
16th Century   
19th century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Cushitic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani   
Somali   

Language Position
38   
30
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
az   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
aze   
som   

ISO 639 3
aze   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
azer1255   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Azerbaijani and Somali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Azerbaijani and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Azerbaijani and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Azerbaijani are spoken in different Azerbaijani Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Azerbaijani vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent, Gazakh. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Azerbaijani and Somali Speaking population

Azerbaijani and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Azerbaijani and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Azerbaijani and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Azerbaijani and Somali on Azerbaijani vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Azerbaijani and Somali Language Codes

Azerbaijani and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Azerbaijani and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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