Home
Languagevs


Azerbaijani vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
China, Guangdong  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
您好  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
谢谢  

How Are You?
necəsən  
你好吗?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
晚安  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
下午好  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
早上好  

Please
lütfən  
请  

Sorry
üzr  
遗憾  

Bye
xudafiz  
再见  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Russia  
outside mainland China  

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Hong Kong  

Dialect 3
Baku  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Hong Kong  

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
37
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
azéri  
Not Available  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Not Available  

History

Origin
16th Century  
17th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
38  
30
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
aze  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
azer1255  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

Countries >>
<< All

Azerbaijani and Cantonese Language History

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

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Azerbaijani vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages