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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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