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Shona vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Shona


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Azerbaijan, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
  • 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Turkish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Osmanly language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
46   
34
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Salam   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
Təşəkkür edirəm   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
necəsən   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
yaxşı gecə   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Axşamınız xeyir   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Günortanız Xeyir   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Sabahınız xeyir   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
lütfən   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
üzr   

Bye
bye   
xudafiz   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Mən səni sevirəm   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Bağışlayın   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Derbent   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Russia   

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Gazakh   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Azerbaijan   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Baku   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Azerbaijan   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
33   
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
26.00 million   
39

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.34 %   
37

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Native Name
Not Available   
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   

French Name
shona   
azéri   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Aserbeidschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Azerbaijani   

History

Origin
20th century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Turkic   

Branch
Bantu   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Azerbaijani   

Language Position
107   
99+
38   
30

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
az   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
aze   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
aze   

ISO 639 3
sna   
aze   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
azer1255   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Shona and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Azerbaijani language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Shona and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Shona vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

The Shona vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona 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 Shona and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.

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