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Serbian vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
7  
8

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Turkish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Salam  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
necəsən  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
lütfən  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
üzr  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
xudafiz  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Russia  

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Azerbaijan  

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
33  
26

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.34 %  
37

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
serbe  
azéri  

German Name
Serbisch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
11th Century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European 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 Serbian  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
44  
33
38  
30

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
aze  

ISO 639 3
srp  
aze  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Serbian and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Azerbaijani language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Serbian vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

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

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