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Cantonese vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs 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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Cantonese and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Azerbaijani language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of Azerbaijani 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 Cantonese and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Azerbaijani 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 Cantonese and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.

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