Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Turkish
Armenian
Derived From
Osmanly language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Salam
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
necəsən
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
yaxşı gecə
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
lütfən
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
üzr
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
xudafiz
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Bağışlayın
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Derbent
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Russia
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
Ukraine
Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
azéri
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Aserbeidschanisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Azerbaijani
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
16th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Azerbaijani
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
azer1255
gree1276
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Azerbaijani and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Azerbaijani and Greek language. Azerbaijani word for "Hello" is Salam or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Azerbaijani Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Azerbaijani vs Greek Difficulty
The Azerbaijani vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.