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Cantonese and Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Azerbaijan, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Turkish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Osmanly language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Salam   

Thank You
谢谢   
Təşəkkür edirəm   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
necəsən   

Good Night
晚安   
yaxşı gecə   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Axşamınız xeyir   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Günortanız Xeyir   

Good Morning
早上好   
Sabahınız xeyir   

Please
请   
lütfən   

Sorry
遗憾   
üzr   

Bye
再见   
xudafiz   

I Love You
我爱你   
Mən səni sevirəm   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Bağışlayın   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Derbent   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Russia   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Gazakh   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Azerbaijan   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Baku   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Azerbaijan   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
33   
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
26.00 million   
39

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.34 %   
37

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
23.00 million   
34

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   

French Name
Not Available   
azéri   

German Name
Not Available   
Aserbeidschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Azerbaijani   

History

Origin
17th century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Azerbaijani   

Language Position
Not Available   
38   
30

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
az   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
aze   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
aze   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
aze   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
azer1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Cantonese and Azerbaijani Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Azerbaijani dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Azerbaijani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Azerbaijani Dialects are spoken in different Azerbaijani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Azerbaijani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent , Gazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Azerbaijani Speaking population

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Cantonese and Azerbaijani Language Codes

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