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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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