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Azerbaijani vs Armenian


Armenian vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Turkish   
Greek   

Derived From
Osmanly language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Armenian manuscript   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
necəsən   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
yaxşı gecə   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
lütfən   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
üzr   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
xudafiz   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Russia   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

Dialect 2
Gazakh   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

Dialect 3
Baku   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Not Applicable   

Total No. Of Dialects
33   
26
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.34 %   
37
Not Available   

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
6.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
azéri   
arménien   

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani   
Armenians   

History

Origin
16th Century   
late 5th century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Language Position
38   
30
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
az   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
aze   
arm   

ISO 639 3
aze   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
azer1255   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Azerbaijani and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Armenian language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th 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 Armenian Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Armenian Difficulty

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

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