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Azerbaijani and Xhosa


Xhosa and Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Turkish   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Osmanly language   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
43   
32

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
Molo   

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
necəsən   
Unjani   

Good Night
yaxşı gecə   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir   
Molo   

Please
lütfən   
Ndicela   

Sorry
üzr   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
xudafiz   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Russia   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Gazakh   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Baku   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
33   
26
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.34 %   
37
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
azéri   
xhosa   

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
16th Century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
38   
30
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
az   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
aze   
xho   

ISO 639 3
aze   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
azer1255   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Azerbaijani and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Azerbaijani and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Azerbaijani are spoken in different Azerbaijani Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Azerbaijani vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent, Gazakh. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Azerbaijani and Xhosa Speaking population

Azerbaijani and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Azerbaijani and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Azerbaijani and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Azerbaijani vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Azerbaijani and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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