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German vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
7   
8

National Language
Germany   
Azerbaijan, Gambia   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Turkish   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Osmanly language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
9   
1
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Salam   

Thank You
Danke   
Təşəkkür edirəm   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
necəsən   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
yaxşı gecə   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Axşamınız xeyir   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Günortanız Xeyir   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Sabahınız xeyir   

Please
bitte   
lütfən   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
üzr   

Bye
Tschüs   
xudafiz   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Mən səni sevirəm   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Bağışlayın   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Derbent   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Russia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Gazakh   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Azerbaijan   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Baku   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Azerbaijan   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
33   
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
26.00 million   
39

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.34 %   
37

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   

French Name
allemand   
azéri   

German Name
Deutsch   
Aserbeidschanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Azerbaijani   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Turkic   

Branch
Western   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Azerbaijani   

Language Position
9   
9
38   
30

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
az   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
aze   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
aze   

ISO 639 3
deu   
aze   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
azer1255   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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German and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of German vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of German and Azerbaijani language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

German vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

The German vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.

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