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Pashto vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
  • The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
  • 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
Persian and Balochi Languages  
Turkish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic  
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
(salaam) سلام  
Salam  

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  
necəsən  

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
(lotfan) لطفا  
lütfən  

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  
üzr  

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  
xudafiz  

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Russia  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
29
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
0.34 %  
37

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
23.00 million  
34

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
pachto  
azéri  

German Name
Paschtu  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Pashtun  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
1651  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Turkic  

Branch
Iranian  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
82  
99+
38  
30

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
aze  

ISO 639 3
pus  
aze  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
pash1269  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Pashto and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Pashto vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Pashto and Azerbaijani language. History of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651 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 Pashto and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Pashto vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

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

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