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Somali and Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
7   
8

National Language
Somalia   
Azerbaijan, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
  • 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
Afar and Oromo Language   
Turkish   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Osmanly language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Salam   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Təşəkkür edirəm   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
necəsən   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
yaxşı gecə   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
Axşamınız xeyir   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Günortanız Xeyir   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
Sabahınız xeyir   

Please
Fadlan   
lütfən   

Sorry
sorry   
üzr   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
xudafiz   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Mən səni sevirəm   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Bağışlayın   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Derbent   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Russia   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Gazakh   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Azerbaijan   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Baku   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Azerbaijan   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
33   
26

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.34 %   
37

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   

French Name
somali   
azéri   

German Name
Somali   
Aserbeidschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Azerbaijani   

History

Origin
19th century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Azerbaijani   

Language Position
83   
99+
38   
30

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
az   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
aze   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
aze   

ISO 639 3
som   
aze   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
azer1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Somali and Azerbaijani Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Azerbaijani dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Azerbaijani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Azerbaijani Dialects are spoken in different Azerbaijani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Azerbaijani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent , Gazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Azerbaijani Speaking population

Somali and Azerbaijani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Azerbaijani languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Azerbaijani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Azerbaijani on Somali vs Azerbaijani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Azerbaijani Language Codes

Somali and Azerbaijani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Azerbaijani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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