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Azerbaijani vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs 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   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Turkish   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Osmanly language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
15   
12

How Many Consonants
23   
13
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
hallo   

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm   
Dankie   

How Are You?
necəsən   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
yaxşı gecə   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir   
goeie more   

Please
lütfən   
asseblief   

Sorry
üzr   
jammer   

Bye
xudafiz   
Not Available   

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Russia   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gazakh   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Baku   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
33   
26
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.34 %   
37
Not Available   

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
azéri   
afrikaans   

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
16th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Germanic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
38   
30
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
az   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
aze   
afr   

ISO 639 3
aze   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
azer1255   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic   

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Azerbaijani and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Afrikaans language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Azerbaijani and Afrikaans Language History.

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Azerbaijani and Afrikaans 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 Azerbaijani and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Azerbaijani and Afrikaans language. Azerbaijani word for "Hello" is Salam or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Azerbaijani Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Azerbaijani vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Azerbaijani and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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