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Kazakh vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
7  
8

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Turkish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
Salam  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
necəsən  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
lütfən  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
üzr  

Bye
bye  
xudafiz  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Russia  

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Azerbaijan  

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Azerbaijan  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.34 %  
37

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
kazakh  
azéri  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Turkic  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
93  
99+
38  
30

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
aze  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
aze  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Kazakh and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Azerbaijani language. History of Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

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

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