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Azerbaijani vs Russian


Russian vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
4   
11

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian 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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Turkish   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Osmanly language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
necəsən   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
yaxşı gecə   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
lütfən   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
üzr   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
xudafiz   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Russia   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Gazakh   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Baku   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
33   
26
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million   
39
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.34 %   
37
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   
Russki   

French Name
azéri   
russe   

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani   
Russians   

History

Origin
16th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Slavic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
38   
30
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
az   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
aze   
rus   

ISO 639 3
aze   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
azer1255   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Azerbaijani and Russian Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Russian language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Russian Difficulty

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

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