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Azerbaijani vs Japanese


Japanese vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
necəsən  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
lütfən  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
üzr  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
xudafiz  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Baku  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
37
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
日本語  

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

French Name
azéri  
japonais  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1185  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Japanese  

Language Position
38  
30
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
aze  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
azer1255  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Azerbaijani and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Japanese language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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