Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Zimbabwe
  
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 in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
26.00 million
  
39
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.