Countries
Japan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
National Language
Japan
  
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Turkish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Osmanly language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
necəsən
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
yaxşı gecə
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Axşamınız xeyir
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Günortanız Xeyir
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Sabahınız xeyir
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
lütfən
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
üzr
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
xudafiz
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Mən səni sevirəm
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Bağışlayın
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Derbent
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Russia
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Gazakh
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Azerbaijan
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Baku
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
26.00 million
  
39
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
23.00 million
  
34
Native Name
日本語
  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
French Name
japonais
  
azéri
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Azerbaijani
  
Origin
1185
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Azerbaijani
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
az
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
aze
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
aze
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
aze
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
azer1255
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Azerbaijani language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Azerbaijani Difficulty
The Japanese vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.