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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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