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Azerbaijani vs Chinese


Chinese vs Azerbaijani


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
5   
10

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Turkish   
Not Available   

Derived From
Osmanly language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
24   
19

How Many Consonants
23   
13
23   
13

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   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
necəsən   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
yaxşı gecə   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
lütfən   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
üzr   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
xudafiz   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Russia   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Gazakh   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Baku   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
33   
26
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million   
39
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.34 %   
37
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   
Not Available   

French Name
azéri   
chinois   

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani   
Han   

History

Origin
16th Century   
1250 BC   

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 Chinese   

Language Position
38   
30
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
az   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
aze   
chi   

ISO 639 3
aze   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
azer1255   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Azerbaijani and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Chinese language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Chinese Difficulty

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

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