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Azerbaijani vs Zulu


Zulu 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   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

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   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Turkish   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Osmanly language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
50   
35

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   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
necəsən   
unjani   

Good Night
yaxşı gecə   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
lütfən   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
üzr   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
xudafiz   
bye   

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Russia   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Gazakh   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Baku   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
33   
26
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million   
39
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.34 %   
37
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
azéri   
zoulou   

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
16th Century   
19   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
38   
30
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
az   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
aze   
zul   

ISO 639 3
aze   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
azer1255   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
99-AUT-fg   

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 Zulu Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Zulu language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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