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Azerbaijani vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho  

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
43  
32

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Molo  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Unjani  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
Molo  

Please
lütfən  
Ndicela  

Sorry
üzr  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
xudafiz  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Russia  
South Africa  

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Baku  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
37
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
azéri  
xhosa  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
16th Century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
38  
30
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
xho  

ISO 639 3
aze  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
azer1255  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Azerbaijani and Xhosa Language History

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

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

Azerbaijani vs Xhosa Difficulty

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

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