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Azerbaijani vs Shona


Shona vs Azerbaijani


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
Not Available  

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Mhoro  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
Mangwanani  

Please
lütfən  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
üzr  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
xudafiz  
bye  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Zimbabwe  

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
southern Zimbabwe  

Dialect 3
Baku  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
37
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
8.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
azéri  
shona  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Not Available  

History

Origin
16th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Not Available  

Language Position
38  
30
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
sna  

ISO 639 3
aze  
sna  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
azer1255  
core1255  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Azerbaijani and Shona Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Shona language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Shona Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Shona Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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